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secretary of state marco rubio and his russian counterpart sergei lavrov.ides must make concessions. all this come amid a failurey of diplomacy, sparked by a change in approach from the new president trump. but this is the kicker. neither ukraine nor europe had a seat at the table today so while he was shut out of the talks in riyadh. ukraine's president, zelensky was in angara meeting his kurdish counterpart. they criticized the talks in saw rain as talks about ukraine without ukraine and he said negotiations should not take place behind our backs. we hear from our correspondents in riyadh, moscow and in kyiv but let's start with an overview from our diplomatic correspondent. >> a moment of history, americans on the left, russians on the right. senior officials face to face for the first time in years. both sides silent and grim faced for the media but russia back at the top table without making a single concession and clearly glad to come in from the cold. america's top diplomat marco rube yo said they agreed to improve dim lomatic relations and appoint n

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we reporter olga ivshina. have had confirmation, that is we have had confirmation, that is sergei lavrov and a of é- ' if is ”5 ff" ww "7 but we have to have the right number of people with the right equipment and the right training, and start to fund that now. i was speaking to sources in the ministry of defence last night, they gave no indication that going beyond that 2.5% figure was an immediate possibility. they said the priority was on setting a date that the uk would hit that target. so no immediate signs that that could happen anytime soon. i think that will be a question that sir keir starmer will face when he makes his trip to washington to visit donald trump for the first time next week. harry farley at westminster, thank you. we can go to kyiv and our ukraine correspondent until there is a clear plan, a clear path to how a peace agreement could be agreed and implemented. so it's not clear what will come out of these initial talks. the american side is saying this is just about seeing how serious moscow is and opening a channel of communication. but the tone over the past week

. >> sergei lavrov. let's discuss this with matthew schmidt, at university of new haven. being with us. first of all, the latest trump comments, particularly about president macron and kia starling saying they have done nothing to end the war. a very smooth prelude to their visit to washington next week. >> i think we have to look at trump and put his statements in the context of his own ego. if you look at what he is saying, what pete hegseth has said, everybody in those comments comes back and says donald trump, the president of peace. donald trump is the only one who can do this, no one else. macron cannot do it. and so we have to see this as trump doing it not because he believes in this piece, not because he believes there are things worth dying for. remember, this is the president who made fun of american soldiers who died in world war ii. i don't think he cares about establishing a long-term peace. he just wants to check a box to say he was the guy who stopped the fighting. >> how might he do that? ukrainians are worried he will make a peace deal. but principally w

earlier, i spoke to sergei markov, advisor to president putin.ther russia refusing to allow nato boots on the ground to maintain peace difficult for the prospects of a future deal. i think russian position is because it is based on the simple fact that a lot of money has been put into the war and doing so would undermine the peace and security grant is important but security guarantee of ukraine is very simple. ukraine should be back to where it was in 1991 and ukraine was outside nearby russia, it was before the events of 2014. you security guarantee if ukraine is democracy, it is political regime which respects the rights of the people to speak their native language and 70% of ukrainians, this is russian language and it is political freedom for the political party thatis freedom for the political party that is been prohibited by president zelensky. can ijust say obviously ukrainians deny that characterisation of being nazis. but going back into the history come the key point now is given where we are three years into this conflict, ukraine sure

he'll be in saudi arabia, the capital there in riyadh, to meet with russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov. no ukrainian or european representative will be there. we're told this meeting is to lay the groundwork for future talks, including a potential face to face between president trump and vladimir putin. now i want to bring in ned price, former senior adviser to secretary of state tony blinken and former spokesperson for the state department. thank you so much for being here, ned. give us some sense of what we should expect from this meeting, and if you think anything is going to come of it. >> well, sarah, good to be here. i know this is a story that is near and dear to your heart as well. look, i don't expect much to come of this meeting tomorrow. and i say that as someone who sat in the last time in the last meeting, a secretary of state held with sergei lavrov to discuss ukraine. this was in january of 2022. it was part of our all out effort to forestall what was then russia's imminent invasion of ukraine. it was ultimately unsuccessful, not because we didn't leave anything o

the us secretary of state spoke to his russian counterpart sergei lavrov on saturday re—affirming presidentrump's commitment to finding an end to the conflict. the trump administration is suggesting the upcoming talks could involve some russian territorial concessions, but it also seemed to rule out ukrainejoining nato. it also looks like europe may no longer be invited to the table, according to the us special envoy for ukraine and russia. speaking at the munich security conference on saturday, keith kellogg said previous peace efforts had failed because too many parties were involved — suggesting that only the us, russia and ukraine should be part of negotiations. take a listen. my definition of "at the table," when you're actually sitting down there. you don't — to me, it doesn't mean their interests are not taken part of, they are not considered, they are not used, they are not developed. that means at the table — you have an ability to have input. but when you have those three — well, really, two — engaged partners with — you have russia and you have ukraine fighting right now — and pr

sergey lavrov. ukraine was not in the meeting. late today, president trump saying of ukraine, you should have never started it, you could have made a deal. even though the world witnessed russia invade ukraine. here's our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell from inside ukraine tonight. >> reporter: tonight, in a radical break with the past, the u.s. and russia agreeing to work together. for the first time, in almost three years. the two sides discussing how to end russia's war in ukraine, but doing so without any ukrainian officials present. >> we couldn't have imagined a better result after this session. >> today is the first step of a long and difficult journey, but an important one. >> reporter: president trump just moments ago claiming he has the power to end this war, and falsely blaming ukraine for russia's invasion. >> and i think i have the power to end this war. and i think it's going very well. but today, i heard, oh, well, we weren't invited. well, you've been there for three years. you should have ended it three ye

and i said, no, sergei.it is a sign of our relationship given to me by your predecessor, igor ivanov. and so he has this capability of seeing what he wants to see. and he does like to score points. >> and obviously, that speaks volumes as to what's going on in their mindset right now. um, i might just close by saying you have a very optimistic looking sunflower on your chest right now on your brooch area. are you optimistic? >> i am, i really am. >> can this be solved? >> i wore it on purpose because i do think that this can be solved. and there's a combination of tools here. and the tools are diplomatic, which are absolutely essential and not just the united states. i mean, it has to be done with our european allies. and, christiane. the ukrainians have to be at the table. >> those same words ring true all these years later. and when we come back. beauty and innovation. as fashion week hits london. what inspires the former british vogue editor edward enninful? >> i'm valeria leone in. >> mexico city. >> and

sergey. sergei. sergey. excuse me? the american who was released today was declan.getting that name mispronounced. today has now been reunited with his family, and he actually has a very emotional story. all of the hostages do, in fact. but when he himself was kidnaped from a kibbutz near the gaza border on october 7th, almost 500 days days ago, he was with his family. he put his pregnant wife and daughters into a safe room, left that, locked that safe room, barricaded it, closed, and then went out to fight against hamas. he was taken, taken hostage, was a hostage until today. but while he was missing, his pregnant wife gave birth to another daughter. so now he has three daughters. and he was able to see be reunited with his wife and be reunited with his now born daughter. seeing her for the first time in his life, in her life. so this was an extraordinary moment for him, an extraordinary moment for all of these hostage families. in exchange for these three hostages, just more just over 350 palestinian prisoners are now in the process of being released, and more aid

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but, you know, sergei lavrov, you've sat at tables just like this one with the russians. so what do you hope these american officials kept in mind? and how serious do you think that putin is, is actually considering this peace deal, potential peace deal. >> so i have negotiated with sergey lavrov and yuri ushakov sitting right next to him for many years. i would say two things. one, they're not going to give anything in the beginning, and they're going to stake out maximalist positions. and the american strategy should therefore not be to respond to those. number two, to the best of my knowledge, i've seen absolutely no evidence that putin is prepared to provide any concessions, and instead he just waits for us to keep adding concessions. right. so no membership to nato for ukraine. give territory. there are now reports saying that we're going to lift sanctions. we are negotiating with ourselves while they just sit on the other side and wait for us to give more. and so i think they have to change their thinking about this, and they have to begin to say what russia needs t

number one, vladimir putin and sergey lavrov are war criminals. they are liars. and they are the ones that started this war. and they are never to be trusted. like we've known putin for a long time. he's been on the scene for decades. we know that he lies. we know that he's aggressive. we know that he can never be trusted. and he breaks promises over and over and over again. so donald trump thinks that he can placate them, that he can try to make some deal that actually isn't backed by security guarantees and power. he is lying to himself. >> based on the statements that we've heard from lavrov, from putin, from president trump. if i just played those two in a vacuum, whose side would you say that president trump is on? >> well, i mean, clearly, you have to think that donald trump is moving towards the russians, right? there's a long history, actually, of donald trump saying things to to appease vladimir putin, echoing russian propaganda. he is surrounded by people in his administration that echo russian propaganda. you have tucker carlson, whose people are in ev

was after secretary of state, marco rubio spoke on the phone with russian foreign minister, sergey wherever of ruby is currently in israel. on a tour of the middle east. he's due to travel on to saudi arabia, where reports say he'll start the talks with russian negotiators. us officials also say ukrainian representatives will take part the news of the tax comes just days after us president trump blindsided his allies by talking to russian president vladimir putin. that's left to european leaders scrambling to be included in negotiations on ending the ukraine war. here's nato secretary general mark rich speaking at the munich security conference on saturday. offensive, which states gets into the bates, not by complaining that your might. yes or no, be at the table. but by coming up as complete proposals, ideas is, area inputs are spending, make sure that the training in the bathroom supplies continue, but also come up with complete ideas about for example, security guarantees. good look like i'm working with and i must say, since of i'm day of complaining, what i'm seeing now be seeing on th

marco rubio and sergei lavrov promised to have high level teams. this is that is acceptable to all sides. the sanction also stay in place until a peace deal is reached. >> we're going to appoint a high level team to walk through the end of the conflict in ukraine in a way that is enduring and acceptable to all of the parties engaged. the third point is to begin the work at a high level as well. to begin to discuss and think about and examine the geo-political and economic cooperation that could result from an end to the conflict in ukraine. tom: joining us for more is bloomberg's greg sullivan. greg, did the talks make any progress? what was the outcome of this meeting between rubio and sergei lavrov? >> well, they were short on details at the end of the meeting but russian leaders quick to hail the talks as a success. the u.s. also seemed to signal that progress was made. of course we heard from president trump he still expects to meet putin possibly as soon as before the end of the month. what we're likely to see next would be progress toward any

where you will they include the secretary of state, marco rubio, meeting his russian counterpart, sergei dmitry peskov, describing a future meeting between donald trump and vladimir putin as being special, significant, so you can see both sides warming up. but of course, i'm leaving out a third side here, ukraine, where president zelensky last night said that he wasn't aware of this meeting and therefore wouldn't be going. he is in the region for a visit, but at the moment we don't know, you know, on what level each side is going to be going to be represented and what is going to be discussed. so we wait to see what concrete details will come out, but it makes it no less consequential for ukraine, for europe and the broader region. and what about europe's role here? i mean, we heard from president zelensky saying that ukraine obviously had to be at the table for any negotiations, but also insisting that europe did. european leaders planning on holding a separate meeting in the coming days, possibly as early as tomorrow. but but what can they do to insert themselves into the negotiations?

meanwhile, the us secretary of state, marco rubio, with russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov.

when sergei's release. um, you know, jonathan told me about the work that sergei did on the kibbutz, that he was repairing busses to help disadvantaged communities around where they live. he's described as a as a relatively quiet man, a sportsman, uh, enjoyed baseball. uh. a vibrant member of of the community. >> nick. nick, if you can just stand by for us in tel aviv, uh, for viewers watching here in the u.s. and around the world, you are looking at the three israeli hostages being released today as part of this latest round of the ceasefire. gaza militants releasing three hostages in exchange for 369 palestinians. right now those hostages are speaking. we're not going to take that. we're not going to bring that sound to you live, because they may be speaking under duress. but i do want to welcome in a guest, amir tibon, a senior columnist with the israeli newspaper haaretz and author of the book the gates of gaza a story of betrayal, survival and hope on israel's borderlands. we appreciate your time. i kn

critical tone about europe from his administration has also been echoed by russia's foreign minister, sergey lavrov. if the europeans are going to weasel out ideas about freezing the conflict, he said, why should we invite them at all? secretary of state marco rubio has already arrived in saudi arabia, where the first round of talks will be held with the russian delegation starting on tuesday. is america, now, an unreliable ally? >> i think the possibility of that is out there, floating, in the ether. it will be a terrible thing if it happened because the main effect of it, of course, would be to reduce the deterrent effect of nato, which has kept peace in europe, indeed in the world, for a very long time. >> reporter: most european nations agree, they need to raise their defense spending if they have hope of deterring this newly emboldened russia. >>> in the middle east, israel says hamas is expected to release the bodies of four hostages on thursday, followed by three living hostages saturday. this comes as israelis gathered in tel aviv last night to mark 500 days since the october 7th att

and sitting across the table from them, sergey lavrov, the russian foreign minister, and yuri ushakover to president putin. now, what was notablejust as much for who was there was, of course, who was not. the ukrainians have not been invited. that was a question that i shouted to mr rubio while we were still in the room. is the us sidelining ukraine, mr secretary? what concessions will there be asked of russia, mr secretary? now he didn't answer those. it was clear at that point i think the meeting was going to last some hours and take up the best part of the day before both sides were going to give their own accounts, their own narratives of the way the meeting had gone. tom bateman in riyadh there. in a moment we'll speak to our our russia editor steve rosenberg, but first let's go to ukraine correspondentjames waterhouse in kyiv. james, in moscow, president vioscow, bleaseé president vioscn be bleaseé president vioscn be and bleaseé of this russia.?-.-, ,. * saudi yet men victory have glee; eff—222777 have gai sta -e. fizz: :——7——— have gai sta-e. e to é?:——f—r— talks the tali is:he

news a couple of minutes ago about this phone call that took place between russian foreign minister sergey lavrov and secretary of state rubio. we do now also have readouts from both the state department and also the russian foreign ministry as well. the u.s. state department readout is pretty short. it just confirms that this call took place, that it was a follow up to that call between vladimir putin and and president trump that happened a couple of days ago, and that the two discussed ways to end the war in ukraine. and then also, as the u.s. puts it, further bilateral issues to be resolved. now, from the russian side, the readout is very much different from the russian side. this sounds like the two spoke not only about a possible resolution to the war in ukraine, the conflict in ukraine, but also essentially a reset in relations between the u.s. and russia. i want to read to you some of what the russian foreign ministry put in here. they say the head of the foreign ministry's agreed to maintain a communication channel to address the accumulated issues in russian american relations, wi

foreign ministry confirming that secretary of state marco rubio and the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov, have spoken. now, the readout from the state department is pretty short and pretty crisp. it says that marco rubio reiterated president trump's desire to end the conflict in ukraine and that other issues and possible areas of cooperation were also discussed in the international sphere. the russian readout goes a lot further than that and has actually a lot more detail than that. and it seems to indicate that the russians believe that nearly a full reset of relations could be on the table. the russians, of course, are not only looking to end the war in ukraine on terms favorable for themselves, but they also want sanctions relief. so part of the russian readout reads, quote, the heads of the foreign ministries agreed to maintain a communication channel to address the accumulated issues in russian american relations, with the aim of removing one sided barriers inherited from the previous administration that hinder mutual beneficial trade, economic and investment cooperation. so

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russia's current foreign minister, sergey lavrov, was's deputy at the time. for joining us on bbc news today. i want to begin by asking you if you think that america understands what russia's strategic objectives are at this time, not just towards ukraine. you think america understands what those objectives are? in your view, what is vladimir pugin want to do at this point --what does vladimir putin want to do at this point? >> i think the idea that putin wants peace, that is completely wrong, or that putin wants to stop even war. putin benefits from the war because it allows him to strengthen his dictatorship and intimidation in russia itself and deserves -- serves's long-term interest in humiliating, in discriminating, and undermining as much as possible the nato countries, european countries, in america. so it's clear, absolutely clear that zelenskyy is great war president, and by the ukrainian constitution, he just cannot have elections right now. and he won election. but mr. trump is elected president fairly and clearly, elected president of the united s

i have to say that the messaging coming from the russians, from sergei lavrov and his was very differentey are framing this as effectively a start remember the context of this, coming after and all of this coming with those waves of concern in europe about being left on the sidelines. we are seeing european countries scrambling to try at the kinds of things that american officials have been so everyone here knows how high the stakes are, ukrainians are not invited. president zelensky saying that he didn't know about these the french president, emmanuel macron, says he's had stressed the need to take responsibility for their own continent's security, as the us attempts to talk the polish prime minister, donald tusk, said they had entered a new stage in transatlantic relations, and europe needed to immediately boost its defences. his comments were supported by the danish prime minister, well, this meeting in paris was hastily arranged as a response to some of the messaging that we've been hearing from the us government. and of course, it's a response to the fact their talks about how to en

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up when he asked why his secretary of state marco rubio was meeting with his russian counterpart, sergey in saudi arabia, without ukrainians at the table even as they discussed ending russia's invasion of ukraine. and he said well, ukraine never should have started this war in the first place which is of course patently false. ukraine was invaded by russia. it was one of several eye-opening untrue things he said. at one point, he argued that the ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy wasn't really in a position to be making demands because his approval rating is at 4%. that's not true. his approval rating is very similar to president trump's in this country. it's at about 50%. these kinds of comments add to concerns that have been expressed by the ukrainians and by u.s. allies in europe who say that president trump appears to be putting his thumb on the scale for russia before these talks about ending the war even officially get underway. >> john: we'll see if his officials repeat those comments about blaming zelenskyy. let me ask about doge, this judge's ruling. it's allowed to have ac

is keen to determine the kremlin's intent, while russian foreign minister sergey lavrov says the meeting aims to end what he called an abnormal period between two, quote, great powers. but key players are not even at the table, including nato and ukraine's leader. instead, president volodymyr zelenskyy meets with the turkish president in the coming hours. cnn's matthew chance spoke with one of the russian diplomats in riyadh earlier, who says he already met with members of trump's team ahead of these talks. >> what has that team promised you here? have you have they given you an indication about what they're going to give you? >> no, i. >> think it's the promise is let's. >> have dialog. let's figure. >> out the best solution for our countries, for other countries, for the global community. >> let's go now to cnn's fred pleitgen, live in moscow. fred, u.s. and russian delegations have now been in discussions for more than 2.5 hours. what do you believe that russia is willing to concede in those talks? >> you're absolutely right, kayla. it's 2.5 hours. they took a short break and apparent

israeli citizen sergei chen. 29 year old dual russian israeli citizen alexander trufanov and 46 year old israeli air horn. in exchange, hamas says it expects the release of more than 360 palestinian prisoners, 36 of whom are serving life sentences. hamas announced they would go ahead with this planned release. shortly after president trump issued an ultimatum. speaking earlier this week, trump said all of the israeli hostages in gaza should be released by noon saturday, today, or, quote, all hell is going to break out. the three male israeli hostages freed last saturday in the fifth round of exchanges appeared gaunt and frail. they're shockingly emaciated. condition was condemned in israel and around the world. 19 out of the 33 israeli hostages and five thai nationals scheduled for release in the current ceasefire phase have now been freed. this phase this first phase also allows for the return of palestinians to northern gaza, and calls for more humanitarian aid to the gaza strip. meantime, dozens of hamas held hostages are still in gaza. a third of them are believed to be dead. thi

russia's foreign minister, sergei lavrov, who, as you know, jose, is a man who's been in the role forankly. >> you can describe him as deeply cynical. he today described. >> this as. >> a very useful conversation and said, quote, i have reason to believe that the americans better understand our position. now, that suggests that russians are pretty pleased with what happened today. secretary of state. marco rubio saying breaking it down, saying that the agreement has been for high level delegations to talk about peace in ukraine, to reinstall diplomatic relations and to talk. and this is interesting too, to talk, jose, about potential cooperation between america and russia, on geopolitics and on economics. now, remember that sergey lavrov. >> and a number of the other russian. >> officials in these talks today are themselves sanctioned by the us, by europe, in fact, all of them are internationally sanctioned. >> in one. >> way or another. so for this meeting to finish with this suggestion, in the future, there could be economic cooperation. that is a tectonic shift in relations between

. >> and and fred, you heard directly from russian foreign minister sergey lavrov today. yeah, i certainly did. and i think one of the things that we also have to point out, jake, is that the. >> russians really. >> do. >> feel that they have a. >> lot of momentum now going. on after this phone call between president trump and the russian president, vladimir putin. >> in fact, the kremlin today said. >> they were. really impressed. by president trump's position on all of this. their near-term goal, by the way, is to get a summit going in a third country. between putin and president trump. the russians are saying that is already in the works. and so i asked the foreign minister today, sergey lavrov. >> whether he. >> believes that relations between the u.s. and russia will get on track very quickly. he then launched into a tirade against the biden administration, but also against america's european allies. here's what he said. >> yesterday after the. >> phone call between. >> president trump. >> and and russian. president vladimir putin. >> are you more. >> hopeful now tha

so what we're going to see tomorrow is sergey lavrov, the foreign minister of russia, uh, alongside the former, uh, u.s. ambassador, a russian ambassador to the u.s. and then on the american side of the table, you've got secretary rubio of the national security advisor, mike waltz and steve witkoff, who's been doing a lot more work with the russian side. now, the u.s. is under no illusions that they're going to come to any kind of agreement anytime soon. this is the start of a process, they say, but this is the start of a process that, as you noted, is not including the ukrainians. and we did hear some frustration from ukrainian president zelenskyy earlier today. take a listen. >> ibrahim aqil. >> ukraine will not participate. ukraine knew nothing about them. ukraine perceives any negotiations about ukraine without ukraine as those with no results. we cannot recognize anything or any agreements about us without. >> us. >> so that does. brianna, that does speak to a lot of the concerns among the ukrainians and the europeans that the u.s. is essentially pushing ahead. just speaking with r

secretary of state marco rubio sat directly across from foreign minister sergey lavrov in saudi arabia as the two countries began negotiations on ending the war in ukraine, which began with russia's invasion three years ago next week. notably, ukraine had no seat at these high stakes talks as president zelenskyy postponed a trip to saudi arabia that was set for later this week. he also made it clear his country would not accept any deal brokered quote behind our backs. listen to this. >> you can talk about anything, but no decision can be made without ukraine on how to end the war in ukraine. we were not invited to this meeting. the u.s. russia meeting in saudi arabia. it was a surprise for us as well as for many. i care about what our partners think about us. we are completely honest and open. i don't want any coincidences. that's why i'm not going to saudi arabia. we contacted our partners in saudi arabia. i have very good relations with his royal highness, saudi crown prince mohammed bin salman. we agreed that i will have an official visit on march 10th. we expect the u.s. delegatio

i'm looking at a schedule for planning, and that wasn't on it, that he would be speaking with sergey lavrov. but i will say we were showing some video. he had just arrived after traveling from munich to jerusalem, then jerusalem to tel aviv. that's what you all were seeing. it was dark. you may not have been able to tell, but anyway, courtney kube, you're the best. we'll see you again soon. thank you so much. not that i recall why that answer from fbi nominee kash patel has senator adam schiff outraged and demanding answers? want to get the most out of one sheet? outraged and demanding answers? we're back in 90s. grab bounty. (♪♪) bounty is made to be stronger... ...and more absorbent. so, while ordinary brands can't hold up, one sheet of bounty keeps working, even when wet. (♪♪) now that's the sound of value. bounty. the quicker picker upper. where ya headed? susan: where am i headed? am i just gonna take what the markets gives me? no. i can do some research. ya know, that's backed by j.p. morgan's leading strategists like us. when you want to invest with more confidence... the answ

we were at a press conference earlier today with the russian foreign minister, sergey lavrov. and of course, we have heard from several officials from the trump administration that they believe that as these talks go on, to try and find some sort of ceasefire or peace agreement and to end the conflict between russia and ukraine that the trump administration believes that both sides will have to make painful compromises. so i asked sergey lavrov what compromises russia is willing to make, especially as far as the territory that it currently holds in ukraine. here's what he has to say. which territorial concessions and in general, which compromises is russia willing to make to achieve such a peace agreement? >> you want us to have a mere thought of the negotiations on the settlement, regarding the fact that some territories still need to be ceded, to cede how? with people with russians or without people with only rare earth metals? if we are still talking about serious diplomacy, it's better to first understand the history of the issue and see why the russian language is banned

right, my apologies for interrupting my colleagues saskia there, but the russian foreign minister sergey la bravo is taking part in a presentation to introduce the new department focusing on russian partnership with african countries. let's take a lesson, but that is ration of a new department at our ministry, the department for african partnership. the decision of its introduction 1st and for most reflects the importance that our country leadership attaches to developing the african course of russia's foreign policy. is this priorities and find in the foreign policy concept of the russian federation approved by president pollutant one and a half year ago. and it becomes more and more important in our practical actions on the international stage. our african friends have always been and will continuously be able to count on russia as a reliable understanding friend and partner. of friendship in partnership is rooted in longstanding history. like we have supported, selflessly supported africans in there who wrote, struggle against colonial powers for freedom and independence contributed t

with the us and the russian flags placed behind them and on the tables were the russian delegation, sergey lavrov, the foreign minister, and yuri ushakov, one of the key aides to vladimir putin in the kremlin sitting, you know, just a metre and a half across the table from the us delegation, i asked the question of mr rubio when i was in the room, what concessions were being asked of russia? and also, were they sidelining the ukrainians? he didn't answer that. now, we expect that the meeting itself might last several hours. in fact, possibly the best part of the day here in riyadh. and, you know, as you've been hearing, we have heard from the russians that they see this or at least framing this as the sort of restart of normalised relations with the united states. as for the americans, they're trying to play down expectations that this is any sort of formal start of negotiations. i think a more realistic outcome will be their attempts to try to secure and even potentially fix a date for a summit between president trump and putin. and, tom, you're travelling with the us delegation. do we ha

. >> you did speak in a phone call with russia's top diplomat, sergey lavrov.ussian side claimed that you discussed restoring trade, which seemed to be a nod to easing restrictions on diplomats and other gestures like a high-level leaders meeting. are you actually considering -- is the trump administration considering lifting sanctions on russia? >> well, the phone call was to establish communications that are consistent with the call the president made last week with vladamir putin, because if there is going to be the possibility of progress here towards peace, we are going to need to talk to the russians. that is going to have to happen, and we have to do it across our channels. we didn't go into any details. what we discussed is basically the ability to begin communicating. i've never spoken to mr. lavrov in my life, so it was an opportunity to open that channel of communication. which, again, if there's the potential of peace, that's a channel that has to exist. i also raised the issue of our embassy in moscow, which operates under very difficult conditions

flag to viewers that we're getting some live images of the minister of foreign affairs for russia, sergeyavrov, speaking to russian parliament right now in moscow. he is talking about the priorities of russian foreign policy. we'll keep an eye out for any key headlines, but just want to make you aware that he is speaking this morning. holger, we have seen natural gas prices come down by about 20% in the last week or so as the prospects of a peace agreement become a little bit more positive, or at least something that we are considering here. how big of a tailwind could it be for the european economy? if we do see natural gas prices continue to fall? >> well, this erases a bit the rise in natural gas prices, which we had seen in the month before. so far, this is not yet a fall significant enough to have a major impact on the european economy. of course, everything helps. as i said, i do not expect nord stream to be reopened, so i do not expect gas prices to return to where they were well before putin started to plan his brutal attack on ukraine. but yes, some relief on the energy side woul

and sergey lavrov called this meeting very useful. in the press conference right after the meeting took place. here's what he said. >> i think. >> that the meeting was very useful. we didn't just listen to each other. we heard each other. and i think the american side certainly started to understand our side of the argument, which has been many times expounded by president putin. >> so the russians, they're feeling that the both sides are hearing each other and that the u.s. understands or is trying to understand russia's message. nevertheless, one of the things we have to keep in mind is that the russians are also saying that any negotiations for a peace agreement or anything similar for ukraine are going to be extremely difficult. one of the things, jake, that we've been hearing today and also over the past couple of days, is the russians laying out their red lines once again, lavrov there saying today that any membership for ukraine in nato is off limits for the russians, something they will not tolerate. and they also have not mad