>> guest: well, the trilateral commission, frankly, was involved only because i'm a member of the trilateral commission. and--and--and part of this work on democracy was--i was doing is--o--on--looking at how these same problems occur elsewhere. yeah, i know that there's a--there's a view out there--a--frankly, it's a quite silly view, that--that the trilateral commission somehow runs everything. but it was a--it played a very minor role, frankly, in this. c-span: well--well, let me stop and ask you, what is the trilateral commission and why is it people are afraid of it? >> guest: the trilateral commission is just a group of--of businessmen and--and public officials and academics from--it's called 'trilateral' because it has the three--it comes from the three devanced--advanced developing parts--developed parts of the world, north america and europe and--and japan. it's been--i mean, i'm a member of it. but i'm not, by no means, a--a--a--a spokesman for it or anything. and... c-span: what's the goal? >> guest: and--well, you should talk to them about it, brian. actually, i'm just a--i--i me

a place of honor it was her first especially effective for european four and comes ahead of the trilateral s kores and japan. what significance it did does this tiny hole but the timing and the meaning of korea time now sonic can be viewed with the three points. love the first is that the crate on a sunday show adult the close relationship between the two countries and between the two rebates and the second is that by looking into korea china summit before the trial of me thinks quick and easy read to concessions while about the time as possible anxiety they can be closed if i'd bought by the time that the makings of the neck the state's korea and japan and the thirties that one time i put this as a second as two of the countries the crayon to call the defending its use in northeast asia the cooperation of the time i use the extreme the navy show by having the korea china summit quickly to show that the two countries that cooperate in bed this race and this can call attention from other countries in and turn it on the two leaders reaffirmed that north korea should be the new high rise will

we begin with possible stirrings of a trilateral summit momentum for talks between korea japan in the united states seems to be gaining steam increasing pressure from the us to improve seoul tokyo relations obama can select three pastors from japan may bring the three countries together at the upcoming new for security summit in the cage the un reports curry and you can have seen release and did in recent months due to lingering historical dispute with the two countries along with the united states may meet for talks next week sources in polls say the presidential office of national security is looking into the possibility of holding trilateral talks on the sidelines at the nuclear security summit in the heat next week. excited going really stands between cole and tokyo as to resent. last week japanese prime minister seemed to love that place to honor a previous government apology to korean well they they were forced into sexual slavery during world war two president bob welcome that this remarks to fall and day and think this is the genuine sportsnet. the japanese prime minister cont

they say the leadership in pyongyang appears to be reacting to the trilateral summit. a ministry spokesperson says the missiles were lunched from a point near sukchon north of the capital pyongyang. he says they traveled about 650 kilometers, then landed in the sea of japan. the spokesperson says the missiles appeared to have been rodong models with a range of up to 1300 kilometers. japan's defense minister said they could pose a security threat. >> translator: the launch angle suggests that these missiles have the range to reach japan's mainland. >> onodera has ordered his staff to gather more information. >>> u.s. president obama is expected to announce a plan to reformed national security agency's surveillance program. obama says the nsa will stop gathering and keeping a huge volume of personal data. he also said the agency will need to seek court approval each time it wants to collect that type of information. >> i'm confident that it allows us to do what is necessary in order to deal with the dangers of the terrorist attack, but does so in a way that addresses som

so i'm going to the possibility of a trilateral fat and that the chances of the teenagers seeking an artful and south korean president back in may has made it perfectly clear that she will not sit down to the leader who fails to acknowledge his country's historical wrong doings. on sunday again. after a scandal ridden spy agency is under fire and that again the prosecutors raided the headquarters of the national intelligence service late monday over suspicions of fabricated evidence in an espionage case the un reports. any spy agency is tearing down the barrel of another scandal prosecutors on tuesday our dingy documents seized during a seven hour meeting of the national intelligence service overnight. i as already a target of criticism for meddling in the twenty twelve presidential election is suspected of tampering with the documents to support its arts that city government official is a north korean spy. this is christians have gained traction in recent days after an nis in form and clean yet yet to receive money. he was promised for speaking the documents the prosecution's read c

and shortly after the trilateral meeting between leaders of south korea the us and japan north korea fired two more missiles into the ec south korea's defence ministry says the launch is in clear violation of un resolutions or uv on as the details two men range ballistic rocket than six hundred and fifty km from an area north of county down. japan forced busing into the ec early wednesday morning. north korea has been firing missiles into its eastern waters with some regularity over the past two months. and this one was identified by south korea's defense ministry has a new little miss l which represents a change. they have an awesome range of thirteen hundred km which means they can reach him not to south korea japan as well given a more dangerous nature of the missiles and the defence ministry held in the news the early press briefing wednesday morning it has strongly condemned the move. north korea's ballistic missile launches an outright violation of un resolutions and it's an act of provocation against south korean international community. i looked up and the missiles is the fir

the move follows the trilateral summit held in the netherlands earlier this week in which they reaffirmed the importance of a united stance against north korea's nuclear program sessions in an asbo. south korea and japan may not share the same understanding of history. one thing indeed to have in common is the desire to keep the peace in northeast asia salt defense ministry said friday that south korea japan and the yule lads will hold a trilateral talks on april seventeen and eighteen the role included anti defense ministers from the three nations and represent the fake fetch up to two thousand eight the officials that discussions will center on strengthening cooperation against north korea's nuclear threat and the possible the start of six party talks the new grant program also be appointed and this is when the talking and playing negotiators from south korea the us and japan feet down for top down. the discussions will center on strengthening cooperation against north korean nuclear threat and the possible return of six party talks. no details on when and where they'll take place have

as well as the self korean leader's first meeting with japanese prime minister seemed to love a trilateral talks between south korea the united states and japan. plus he also covered present box re unification addressed in dresden germany. the box visits were centered on unification and the economy and we were able to get a firm grasp of the south korean leaders achievements and filter for physics and science reports. i prepared our critique that didn't turn up for the concert. wait for two months. the pop concert organized by cutting ntp was held on march when thinking in shanghai china. to a report by adding mtv's upi it was clear to see how popular he is in china. a total of twelve artists including big benz g dragon and the un report and build up the eighteen thousand seat stadium. it was impressive to see them all singing along to keep updates. the concert will be broadcast on and on tv to over one hundred million helpful around the world on the problem was that any tea. for years have passed but we haven't forgotten the tragic incident that left the country in two years on march twen

what we're asking other european union is a trilateral discussion . instead, what was sold was indicating that instigating and people from the united states marching along -- >> john mccain? >> john mccain was there talking to yanukovych and demanding he should go to the european union. >> what did you think the protest in the streets were about? >> they definitely started out of frustration with president yanukovych and his government. also people were misled by the promise of the european union. most of the people interviewed industries at the time were under the opinion or belief that there were arrangement with the european union. that was not the case. misled by theere propaganda of the eu. very quickly, the peaceful demonstrations in kiev was hijacked by radicals. they attacked police and tried to take over administrative buildings and toppled the government of by force creating this chaos. >> the government in kiev? >> we do not think it is legitimate. it is not legal. the freedom party which they branded as radical anti-semitic. they do not ha

this is a trilateral process. pakistaniupport acceptance of the view that pakistan's interest is best served by stability in afghanistan. instances been those that pakistan's interests have been served by instability. that can't the helpful. they need to develop their own security. important is it going to be for pakistan to really and seriously deal with their own to provide to refuse safe haven for the afghan taliban ? >> these are two separate organizations. how the government chooses to engage with the pakistani taliban and in the current approach would probably best be described as a mixture of carrot and stick. it is an issue for them. the pakistanithat our finding a safe haven on the afghanistan of the border, it must be clear the authorities should coordinate and control the ability of afghan taliban and and a network to operate on the pakistani side of the border. it would be reasonable to inspect those moves to be reciprocated by the afghan authorities to the benefit of both entries. it is that line of l

as well as the south korean leader's first meeting with japanese prime minister shinzo of a trilateral talks between south korea the united states and japan. plus he also covered present box re unification address in dresden germany. the box visits were centered on unification and the economy and we were able to get a firm grasp of the south korean leaders achievements and details for this its future use us reports. if i were to critique the temperature of the concert. wait for two months. the pop concert co organized by cutting ntp was held on march twenty seconds in shanghai china. after a report by identities uti and it was clear to see how popular he is in china. a total of twelve artists including big benz g dragon and the un reforms and build up the eighteen thousand seat stadium. it was impressive to see them all singing along to the updates. the concert will be broadcast on and on tv to over one hundred million helpful around the world. on april will lead to any teeth eight years have passed but we haven't forgotten the tragic incident that left the country in two years on marc

i was going to say we will continue with the trilateral process. the prime ministers committed to it. though the afghans and the pakistanis acknowledge that we have a unique position here in our relationships with both countries and we can perform this role. we are very clear that so long as we are in that unique position we have an obligation to try to do it. >> i think it might be useful if you could explain on the record as to what might be the case to help us. >> i think hq i are establishing an opposite role to ensure the pakistani afghan authorities is constructive positive thing can take place in an ordered fashion. they construct has yet to be decided. they will build on the model that they inherit so there is a good dialogue and is building on a mechanism that is often in cross-border. >> in terms of the cross-border control sector, we have said there's a whole whole thing and how we assist any other enablers so is this one of the areas we would look to see whether or not we have practical involvement as well as having set up the concepts?

trilateral cooperation is a strong signal to john young said its provocations and threats will be met with a unified response. present concrete cubes to meet with our day in the past over historical issues. this included the so called comfort women who served as prostitute trying what would today. auspicious day goes by the two issues are not released in the meeting. prime minister of eight expressed his hope that relations with south korea has improved. to assist it up to it. go up up and pass it up. what do i felt that it was important to me it's a place to practice a bit of it like this may seem to be depressed at eight a ballot to develop oil for cooking on a map relations with south korea ap that the deepening. this extent officers say all their hopes this time it would be the first that for the thaw relations between japan and south korea. most governments are preparing for diplomatic working level talks. how does with the alt is yet to be seen. the passage in a state as the world. but hey. well the bears who had gathered and that nuclear summit was to strengthen security. need

suga said sunday's meeting between xi and park will have no impact on the upcoming trilateral summit. >>> the president of taiwan is trying to figure out how to respond to protesters angry about a trade deal with china. ma ying-jeou called his cap net together for an emergency meeting. the demonstrators have occupied parliament since last tuesday. on sunday, they stormed the cabinet building. police managed to force them out, but about 100 people were hurt. representatives of taiwan and china signed the agreement, the trade agreement, last june. the protesters fear it will threaten small and medium-sized businesses. but ma says increased investment from the mainland will create more jobs. he has rejected demands to cancel the deal, and he has refused to meet with the protesters. >>> china state media says the crew of a chinese plane has spotted objects floating in the southern indian ocean. teams from a number of countries will follow up to see if they're related to the missing malaysia airlines jetliner. china's central television quoted the xinhua news agency as saying that the crew

two more ballistic missiles they say the leadership in pyongyang appears to be reacting to the trilateral summit. the ministry spokesperson says the missiles were launched from a point near search on the north of the capital pyongyang. he says they traveled about six hundred fifty km then landed in the sea of japan the spokesperson says the missiles appear to have bee role models with a ran of up to thirteen hundred kilometersjan'efence minisr said they cld pose a security threat. the launch angle suggests that these missiles have the range to reach japan's mainland the laguna has ordered his staff to gather more information. us president barack obama is expected to announce a plan to reform the national security agency's surveillance program obama said the nsa will stop gathering and keeping the huge volume of personal data. he also said the agency will need to seek court approval each time and wants to collect that type of information. i'm confident that it allows us to do what is necessaryn order to be aware of the dangers of a attack. but does so in a way that addresses some concerns

go to propose a minister level talks the soul of the concession had a trilateral summit with korea and the united states last week. korea's efforts to raise awareness of the comfort women issue continues on an unofficial level. the house of sharing a shelter for former slaves said and is invited to pee and briefly and kiara than for a visit. the proposal was made in mid march during a meeting with japanese diplomats. honey can i be the heats. some welcome news on the trade front korea posted a current account surplus for the twenty fourth straight month and that vary as imports declined and the services account deficit narrowed to twenty hand has to be counts. korea's central bank said monday that the nation posted the current account surplus of over four and a half billion us dollars last month that's up over one billion dollars from january and more than double from that period last year exports of goods rose over seven percent the previous year to forty eight billion dollars while imports edged up slightly more than one percent to forty two point six billion. when asked if the syrup

counterpart show they don't use all diplomatic sources say u s government officials have proposed the trilateral talks take place on the sidelines of a nuclear security summit in the hague later this month psyche reportedly told sean that japan welcomes the proposal and asked for his country's view is also believed to have inquired about the possibility of a range of a summit between japanese prime minister shinzo london and south korean present aquaman leaders in tokyo and in college for my level discussions the pack says she will not hold talks about the last concessions are made on issues related to perceptions of history japan's ruling parties have begun debating new government guidelines for exporting arms the country currently bans the export of all arms in principle but it has made exceptions in the past. some people are calling for clear roles. the working group of lawmakers from the liberal democratic party in the new comey told matt to discuss the proposal. the draft explains when the japanese exports of defence equipment will be allowed. the three new principles call for strict screen

the nuclear negotiations with iran in and middle east peace negotiations than a very important trilateral beating with the private mr. of japan this is an important message to show the united states is allied with the two most important allies to signal the commitment of the security authorities station when the allies came together we are all much stronger. then the president will go to brussels and spend the night. on wednesday march 26 he will begin going to one of the most important battlefields of world war i. this is the centennial anniversary of world war i had is a critical history in the world hear the president will reach with the cane of belgium and the private mr. so there will be a private meeting then a tour of the battlefield for people of united states and europe as well. following that the president will attend the united states use of it -- summit here we have a very broad agenda with the e.u. i am sure the situation of the ukraine will be front and center with the ongoing discussions of a partnership with the iran negotiations with the e.u.. following that seven and wor

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after tension through to the closest allies the republic of korea and japan with the trilateral meeting to send a powerful message about america's commitment to the security of north east asia but the president will also meet with the president of china to finance efforts to cooperate where we can on a range of issues from a climate change to the korean peninsula. we will begin enforcing our most important relationships in the middle east. on the margins of the nuclear security so that the president will have the opportunity to spend time with the crown prince of the uae bin to travel to riyadh for a very important meeting with king of delilah that we are very much looking forward to. added time to engage in the nuclear negotiations with iran working to try to bring tuition to middle peace negotiations and it collective efforts to strengthen the syrian opposition. by a investing in the core partnerships to make progress on the agenda. we are investing traditionally with strong and flexible coalition the to these regions that are full small -- force will the players we should not bear al

this time of year so north korea will always do something provocative now but also there was the trilateralt you referred to and, of course, the north koreans have to test this stuff because these are the weapons that they would use in the first hours of a strike against japan and south korea. >> these are nuclear capable missiles, is that correct? >> we think that they are. they are basically 625 miles, 900 miles. you could put a nuke on top of them. they have yet to develop the nuclear warhead but nonetheless, they are very close to doing that. yes, they will be nuclear capable by the time that they need them. >> it's interesting i understand if you scrape the paint off these missiles, they are called nodong missiles, the exact same missiles that iran is using as well? >> yes, scrach t wrs, scrape th it's a shaabab 3 missile. they've a joint missile development program and basically iran funds north korea's research. north korea sells those missiles, and so what's in iran's inventory as well as pakistan's inventory are north korean missiles. >> you have written that north korea is now sli

and back in 1994 in a trilateral agreement with the united states, ukraine, russia and britain, all fourmorandum basically confirmed their support for ukraine's independence, sovereignty and territorial integrity. as you said, there are russian forces in crimea, but you are now getting reports that additional forces are coming in from outside and they're now doing things that are not associated just with the russian pressa presence at their base, such as setting up roadblocks across the countryside. >> from the russian perspective, what are russia's realistic options here and what do you think they're most likely to do? >> i think this goes back to when viktor yanukovych fled the country, i think there's been a decision taken in moscow to look at ways to destabilize that government. they had various tools, one of which is try to introduce separatist tensions in crimea. they're playing i think a very dangerous game here. >> could we be looking at armed conflict between ukrainian forces and armed russian forces inside ukraine? >> so far ukraine has been extremely restrained. there's no evi

one of the more intriguing on the side meetings, luke, is a trilateral meeting between the united statesessentially president obama playing mediator between the japanese and the koreans. at the end of april, there's a big asian trip that the president will be going on, making stops in both tokyo and seoul. tensions between essentially america's two closest allies in asia, korea, south korea and japan, are pretty bad right now. the old cultural tensions between japan and korea that date back to world war ii have been flaring up, almost nationalistic tendencies against the other, japan and south korea. tricky diplomacy and the united states can't afford not to have japan and south korea united with them because any sort of wedge that china could drive in between that alliance is something that would hurt the united states' ability to create this new asian check of sorts against china over the last couple of years when the obama administration has been trying to make its pivot to asia. luke? >> and, chuck, a big piece of news coming out over the last day that i think a lot of folks in the u

handshake [ laughter ] >> but you know what, i'm always upset because i've never been invited into the trilateral thought i made all this money. i qualify, right? >> when you're a billionaire, is there a little billionaire banter that goes on? >> it just depends if they're friends or not. i'll tell you, i've got a buddy. i play basketball with. he just sold his company and he crossed the billionaire mark. we just sat down and had a big old smile. i saw him two weeks ago. he's like, i think maybe i should buy a sports team. i'm like, whatever, right? but it's special, right? and i think anybody who's reached that little understands that luck plays a part of it. >> when people say that money, money won't make you happy. >> it's true. >> but isn't there an element to it that money alleviates a lot of life's stresses? >> it relieves a lot of stress. that's different than making you happy. >> you had no money. better having it, right? >> it's always better having it. >> it's not equivalent for getting happiness? >> if your were miserable when you were poor you'll be miserable when you're rich. you're

in particular, that includes two trilateral exercises that we had scheduled with the russians, one with the canadians and russians and the other. the defense department is pursuing measures to support our allies including stepping up joint training through our aviation detachment in poland. it is an area that i visited a few weeks ago and augmenting our participation in nato's air policing mission on the baltic and insulin. our [indiscernible] mr. chairman, i think everyone on this committee knows and i know senator mccain was in ukraine a few weeks ago. this is a time for wise and steady and firm leadership. it is a time for all of us to stand with the ukrainian people and we're doing that. that in particular is what president obama continues to do as we pursue diplomatic and economic options. i would like to thank the committee for your role in this. there is another point about supporting the administration's approach to how we are all coming at this, this crisis. this economic package that we are proposing, as you all know, the osce has proposed a package with the imf. the ukraine i

in particular, that includes two trilateral exercises scheduled with the russians. one canadians and russians and the other was the norweigans and the russians. also this morning, the defense department is pursuing measures to support our allies including stepping up joint training to our aviation detachments in poland. it's an area that i visited a few weeks ago, and augments our participation in nato's air policing mission on the baltic peninsula. our ucom commander, general breedlove, is meeting with eastern and central european defense. mr. chairman, i think everyone on this committee knows, and, in particular, i know senator mccain was in ukraine a few weeks ago, that this is a time for wise and steady and firm leadership, and it's a time for all of us to stand with the ukrainian people in support of their territorial integrity and sovereignty and we are doing that. that, in particular, is what president obama continues to do as we pursue diplomatic and economic options. i'd like to, again, thank the committee, mr. chairman, for your role in this. >> in a few m

to suspend all not terry to military engagement and exercises with russia. , that includes two trilateral exercises that we had scheduled with the russians, one with the canadians and russians and the other. the defense department is pursuing measures to support our allies including stepping up joint training through our aviation detachment in poland. it is an area that i visited a few weeks ago and augmenting our participation in nato's air policing mission on the baltic and insulin. [indiscernible] think everyone on this committee knows and i know senator mccain was in ukraine a few weeks ago. this is a time for wise and steady and firm leadership. it is a time for all of us to stand with the ukrainian people and we're doing that. that in particular is what president obama continues to do as we pursue diplomatic and economic options. i would like to thank the committee for your role in this. aboutis another point supporting the administration's approach to how we are all coming at this, this crisis. this economic package that we know,oposing, as you all the osce has proposed a package w

it is actually trilateral. we play an important facilitating role. certainly maintain an effective relationships between both countries but play less of a role in the important relationship between those two countries. >> can you speak to efforts to engage in talks with taliban on the part of afghanistan. >> we are watching that very carefully. to be honest we don't have any insight into their status. we have seen continued violence. we have also seen some limited military operations against the ttp. what we know is what you know. the leadership in pakistan is committed to try to find some peaceful resolution. that is certainly in pakistan as well as afghanistan. what needs to happen, it is not clear to me today. it is clear they are working to that end. >> we had a few minutes to chat before the hearing started and one of the things you commented on were the number of women who have been -- who are volunteering and signing up to help with elections in april. for the first time since the afghan security forces fund was established, money was asked fo

tension we will bring together two of the closest ally is the republic of korea and japan in a trilateral meeting that will send a powerful message about america's commitment to the security of northeast asia. in addition to the president will meet with the president of china and that will advance efforts to try to cooperate where we can with china on a range of issues from climate change to denuclearize in the korean peninsula. finally we will be reinforcing our most important relationships in the middle east. as you heard him say on the margins of the nuclear security summit, the president will have the opportunity again to spend time with the crowned prince of the emirates and then travel to rihad with king abdullah of saudi arabia, which we have very much been looking forward to. these meetings come at the time that we are engaged in the nuclear negotiations with iran where we are working to try to bring fruition to the middle east peace negotiations. and we are engaged in collective efforts with many of our partners in the region as well as in europe to strengthen the serious opposit

here before this crisis really blew up the russian side said hey why don't we have a trilateral commission here the three players european union ukraine and russia and the european union dismissed it out of hand was that a mistake why did russia not come to the meeting of the british pursed agreement a couple of weeks ago which it was a signature russia doesn't want to deal with the europeans on this and that seems to me to be a great step a step backward can you can really answer my question no can you answer my question we're talking about three parties trying to get out of a crisis that has only gotten far far worse we can talk about the budapest treaty a little bit later but this was a country that's on its knees it's facing default in a matter of weeks and the european union said no we don't do it that way but they do it with other countries was it a mistake on a repeat my question because it was obvious it was because of the conditionality that russia was attaching to its support for ukraine at that period which was unacceptable to the other parties but things have to cooperate that'

association agreement i didn't know any possibility of trilateral negotiations between the three parties even when it was requested by the u.k. me repeatedly they have indicated a complete lack of desire to accommodate russia's interests and their reflections of the economic realities on the ground of the importance of russia has by far the biggest trade partner with the ukraine this is a big mistake in european foreign policy and they're starting to recognize this now in fact there is reportedly a big disagreement even on sanctions where european union members such as cyprus finland latvia and the pigs portugal italy greece and spain which of course are suffering economically very hardly themselves are reacting very negatively to the idea of harsh sanctions on russia because it would hurt their own economies in this case absolutely wal-mart just want to remind our viewers maybe just joining us here at this point that we have been discussing the agreements on sebastopol in crimea crimea is integration into russia that has been signed we saw we witnessed this is stuart moment here we also

it is actually trilateral. we play an important facilitating role. certainly maintain an effective relationship between both countries the play less of a role in the important relationship between those two countries. efforts tospeak to engage in talk with taliban on the part of afghanistan. >> we are watching that very carefully. to be honest we don't have any insight as to their status. we have seen continued violence. also seen some limited military operations against the ttp. what we know is what you know. the leadership in pakistan is committed to try to find some peaceful resolution. that is certainly in pakistan as well as afghanistan. what needs to happen, it is not clear to me today. it is clear they are working. -- working to that end. >> we had a few minutes to chat before the hearing started and one of the things you commented on with the number of women who -- you are volunteering and signing up to help with elections in april. for the first time since the afghan security forces fund was established, money was asked leslie off the right

and we offered to have this trilateral cooperation. it was very critical because our economy improved a lot. our main trader, russia, exceeded $60 billion in the past 18 months. these losses could have continued. it was hard to estimate what would be the projected numbers -- in ear term agricultural, for example, where europe has about 30% of subsidies. our manufacturers will suffer. hey will not be competitive. in bout 15 million people ukraine work in this sector. they do not match the e.u. spenders. let's take, for example, railway transportation. we have a different size of the track. so some countries have a broad track, wide track, and in the e.u. they have a narrow track. and of course the defense industry, you know, it would be eft out. these losses would be the biggest for ukraine and we realize what we discussed with mr. putin. rugs take protective mezzshures. they need to protect their omestic suppliers. he addressed the ukrainian governors to put talks with the e.u. on halt to renegotiate and when we find a mutually accepta