weather allies have sent?ec. gen. stoltenberg: nato allies are sending and have sent an unprecedented level of ammunition, different types of ammunition, and they are continuing to make announcements and new donations. all this is coordinated in a good way. and that's the reason why the ukrainians have been able to retake land to the north, east and south. some weeks ago they were able to launch an offensive, and that is moving forward. they are able to liberate elan. and of course, there is a high rate of consumption of ammunition in the military operations going on now with thousands of shells every day. so there is enormous need to resupply. that is what the allies are doing committed they are resupplying constantly ukraine with more ammunition, spare parts, maintenance for the different artillery systems, armored vehicles, battle tanks, air defenses and so on. and that need will continue to be there, and therefore we need continued support and continued decision-making. for the strength in the allied count

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allies will agree to increase defense spending and adopt a new pledge, more allies are above 2% today or on a path to get to their -- to get there. we agreed that is important for all nato allies to spend more to contribute to our collective defense. this builds on the progress we have made, 2023 is the ninth executive year of increased defense spending. allies are working to strengthen their defense industrial basis, and at the summit, we will also see allies come together around bolstering our cyber resilience and our cyber defense through increased coordination and we will free the alliance -- and the european union. ukraine will be a big focus. tomorrow will be the very first meeting of the nato ukraine counsel. allies will agree on a new package of support of ukraine, look at ukraine's long-term needs and expand plans for ukraine synoptic -- interoperability with nato. as preps -- as president biden noted, bringing ukraine into nato now would bring nato in war in russia. allies will say -- send a signal on ukraine's past two feature membership in the alliance. the president will

every time allies answer vehemently yes, we can. vladimir putin has been counting on nato and the west to correct. he has been disappointed at every turn. vilnius will very much disappoint him. >> [indiscernible] mr. sullivan: president biden and secretary blinken have both spoken with the greek prime minister broadly about the relationship to congratulate him on his recent election victory to talk about u.s.-varies relations, shared security concerns, and talk about the ways we will specifically support greece's defense capabilities and needs. and to talk about as president biden also did with president erdogan, our interest in seeing de-escalation in the eastern mediterranean and ign. -- aegean. beyond that, i have nothing further to add. >> [indiscernible] mr. sullivan: i'm not going to get into the specifics of conversation. just to say that from the president's perspective, his focus in that conversation was really on how the u.s. and turkey could move forward positively. not trying to paint a negative or dark scenario. this is

the cluster munitions given the concerns allies brought?— allies brought? looking at— artillery rounds? first, we'll be looking at this _ artillery rounds? first, we'll be looking at this for _ artillery rounds? first, we'll be looking at this for quite - artillery rounds? first, we'll be looking at this for quite some l artillery rounds? first, we'll be - looking at this for quite some time and what _ looking at this for quite some time and what we have been then is this basic— and what we have been then is this basic of— and what we have been then is this basic of civilian harm. the challenge for cluster munitions is that even— challenge for cluster munitions is that even at low data rates they can potentially — that even at low data rates they can potentially pose a risk to seven is on the _ potentially pose a risk to seven is on the road. we did not immediately come _ on the road. we did not immediately come out _ on the road. we did not immediately come out of— on the road. we did not immediately come out of the gate gates and root provide _ come out o

when allies agree and conditions are met. so this is the quite big statement and they are not saying that ukraine will become a member once the war is over. there are notes, setting a timeline here, and i think that this is going to be quite disappointing for the ukrainian government dad. so was hoping to have a timeline or a clear a membership perspective, but that is not what elyse were able to agree on today. and it wasn't very clear, was it, he was that the secretary general was asked to time and time again, and i was glad you was asked because i was mixing and thinking he sort of alluded to it, but it hasn't quite, i don't know. okay. the other report, as i keep asking him, so it's not just me, it doesn't appear that doesn't appear to be a clear path to ukraine. you. if you do this, if you do this, you do this, then you'll remember that that was not clear even though he was pressed on this he was press on that indeed with the reporters in the room trying to find out and asking him how this new statement is different from

of course, our allies were absolutely not going to. fulfill this agreement and our obligations, and there is documentary evidence of this at the headquarters of the supreme commander in mogilev. the spring-summer offensive was carried out in europe and the offensive on our eastern front on february 2, part of the caucasian army under the command of general nikolai nikolayevich launched an offensive in the baghdad direction . the operation proceeded successfully and our caucasian corps entered the mesopotamian direction. this, of course, could not help but worry the british, because the way to india was open. naturally. russia was not up to india, but the fears of great britain accompanied them and they always had big eyes , by the way, 2 months after the february coup , the provisional government, in which the majority were completely open anglophiles , removed general yudenich, who was rushing to attack constantinople and suspended. self-offensive of course , the british were not going to give russia not constantinople, not the strait

allies. alleys are now working to strengthen their defense industrial base, boosting production of critical weapons and equipment. at the summit we will also see allies come together around bolstering our cyber resilience and cyber defense through increased coordination. and we will see the alliance expand global partnerships with indo-pacific partners and the european union. of course ukraine will be a big focus. tomorrow will be the very first meeting of the nato-ukraine council. alley also agree on a new package of increased support for ukraine. look at ukraine's long-term needs and expand plans for ukraine's interoperability with nato. allies will also discuss ukraine's path to future membership at nato. as president biden noted, bringing ukraine into the alliance now will bring nato into war with russia. also ukraine has further steps to take along its reform path. but allies will send a united positive signal on ukraine's path to future membership in the alliance. the president will hav

unity. 50 our moral high ground and our allied unity-— allied unity.lied unity. so the us is going to _ allied unity. so the us is going to send _ allied unity. so the us is going to send these - allied unity. so the us is. going to send these cluster munitions. what would you like to see congress do in response? i have authorised an amendment to the act that would prohibit the transfer of cluster munitions. there is already current united states law that government cannot transfer or sell foster munitions that have a dud rate of over i%. this would close the loophole that the biden administration is using to transfer this set of costly emissions it has been said that the ukrainian counteroffensive appears to be going slower than predicted. you're on the health services committee. how widespread is that concerning congress? == that concerning congress? -- health that concerning congress? » health services committee. we always knew a counteroffensive would be difficult. it is always more difficult to take ground than to defend it but i think we have als

of the ally whether ukraine really meets all the conditions.as soon as this is done, ukraine will receive the invitation is important that we now have a whole toolkit that will help ukraine get closer to nato membership, we see one of the components of this invitation, but in the first story the question of the action plan regarding nato membership was eliminated , ukraine does not have this aspect - it skips over it and that is why when we ask ourselves what can we do in order to speed up this path, everything is written in detail in the comic. thank you. unfortunately, the time for our press conference has run out. we will see you tomorrow . thank you. good evening. we are from ukraine. nato, french missiles for the armed forces and german patriots minus the general in zaporizhzhia destroyed the enemy headquarters forward in the south of the battles of bahmuti and cotton in the enemy rear, as well as the terrible blows of the rashists in kherson and zaporizhzhia, which are walls for fuel and anomalous price zone on the danube , we will talk a

potential allies will remember what happens now if our afghan allies. if we claim to support the troops and want to enable their success in wartime, we must keep our commitments today. the afghan adjustment act will go a long way. additionally, without the fix -- this is their words -- applied by the afghan adjustment act, our immigration system will be less capable, not more capable, of properly processing and vetting applicants. the enhancements that the afghan adjustment act adds to the security screening process of those who are evacuated are of critical importance to our national security. mr. president, this is a harrowing warning from our military's top brass. without the afghan adjustment act, our soldiers will face new obstacles in finding allies on the battlefield. because in the past we kept our covenants. we kept them. we kept them no matter in the congress was democratic or republican or the president was democrat or republican. we kept our commitments. all i'm asking is that we have a vote, along with my colleagues on this amendment, and i

we also agree and expect allies would agree ambitious investment pledge with 2% of gdp for defense is minimum lastly, i look forward to welcoming our indo-pacific partners at the summit this will demonstrate that security is not regional security is global therefore, i welcome partners from australia, new zealand, south korea and japan. with that, i'm ready to take questions. >> steve sedgwick. cnbc security guarantees did not stop vladimir putin in 2014 the budapest memo was worthless piece of paper to him. the second point on the issue, ukraine has fears that security guarantees will change over time with different leaderships what guarantees are there that security guarantees will outlast any changes of president in the united states? thank you, sir >> we all agree the most imminent task now that ukraine prevails the most important thing is to continue to provide weapons and ammunition and military support to ukraine unless ukraine prevails as a nation and democratic nation in europe, there is no issue to be discussed about security guarantees or membership in nato at all then on t

able to ensure allies these won't - able to ensure allies these won't cause _ able to ensure allieslies these won't cause excessive civilian harm. i cause excessive civilian harm. secondly, _ cause excessive civilian harm. secondly, as— cause excessive civilian harm. secondly, as the _ cause excessive civilian harm. secondly, as the primary - cause excessive civilian harm. i secondly, as the primary reason cause excessive civilian harm. - secondly, as the primary reason that the cluster— secondly, as the primary reason that the cluster munitions _ secondly, as the primary reason that the cluster munitions are _ secondly, as the primary reason that the cluster munitions are being - secondly, as the primary reason that the cluster munitions are being usedj the cluster munitions are being used now because — the cluster munitions are being used now because there _ the cluster munitions are being used now because there is _ the cluster munitions are being used now because there is so _ the cluster munitions are being used now because there is so much- the cluster munitions are being used

president, thank you again for having me here as partners come and and allies. --, friends and allies. we look forward to the work together in her years ahead and it has been a real pleasure getting to know you even better. thank you. >> thank you, now we have time for questions. >> shall we start with you. >> public broadcasting service. mike questioned his for mr. present biden. political volatility of the u.s. are made to big way for european partners. mean while, back in washington, a bipartisan cuba senators have repeatedly failed to pass through send an -- through the senate, a bill that would prevent u.s. presidents from withdrawing with the nato deficits approval -- in the senate's approval? >> i didn't hear the last part. >> a bipartisan group of senators have repeatedly failed to pass through the senate a law that would prevent u.s. presidents from withdrawing from nato without descendants approval. what actions will you take to to assure finland that the u.s. will remain a reliable natal partner for decades to come? -- nato partner for decades to come? >> there is overwhelm

instead of sitting there in listening to what our allies want us to say, we should treat our allies as friends and give the warnings that we know are out there. we want them to be as protected as we do. we need more friends. biden goes and calls saudi arabia a pariah. mbs is going to help the leader. he is young. call them a pariah and you send them to china. we need the arab countries to be with us, not china. my guess is they would rather be with us in china but our allies do not know what we are doing. a lot of happened after afghanistan. the idea that we left the air force base in the middle of the night without telling our allies who stood shoulder with us for decades we asked you there, the british ambassador is here, the u.k., we do not tell them we were leaving in the middle of the night. think about what that told our friends and our enemies. these countries need to trust that we know what we are doing. we are not showing that. we are not trying economic strength with trade proposals. we are not showing military strength and the weight we are building up our military. we are n

our corresponding - ally in the region. our corresponding will. ally in the region.s always. a un fact—finding mission has urged iranian authories to halt the executions of protestors, who were sentenced to death for participating in anti—government protests last year. the mass demonstrations were sparked by the death of 22—year—old mahsa amini in september. amini was in the custody of iran's morality police at her time of death. iran called the mission "politically—motivated". our special correspondent kasra naji reports from the un. the fact—finding mission on iran was established some seven months ago here at the un human council. the commission is specifically asked to look into numerous reports of gross violation of human rights, during months of unrest in iran, in the autumn and the of last year. protests that started with the death in custody of a young woman, mahsa amini, something that led to a movement in iran and even outside iran, a movement that was described as woman, life, freedom. the interim has published its earlier report, the first report, and it

we aren't having nato allies in bunkers hunkered down and having allies.ut the way to end up there and more than 75% of our nato allies are doing. they said they would invest in their defense and they are not doing it. . . do they have no shame? do they expect us to carry their load? are we going to fight and fund their wars? rehelped a lot in world war i. we helped a lot in world war ii. there were a lot of people that fought and died, not just americans, to get there. america is a great ally. we are simply asking that they too become great allies. that's all this amendment does. it doesn't cut funding. it doesn't bail on them. it simply says hey, we expect you to do what you said you'd do. we called you out, you're not doing it, pleasedo it. reserve. the chair: the gentleman reserves. the gentleman from new york is recognized. mr. ryan: i want to remind my colleagues that the word as my colleague from new york has said, the word denounces is a strong word, especially to use in the heat of battle and the heat of an unprecedented, unjust war. i'd like to y

s closest nato allies. because of the significant, long-term risk these weapons can pose to civilians. we've seen cluster munitions used to devastating effect by the russian armed forces in the past in syria. we know both ukraine and russia are currently using these munitions on the battlefield in ukraine. ukraine is currently being supplied cluster munitions by turkey. however, they do want those u.s. cluster munitions which they can use with those u.s.-made weapons supplied by the biden administration. as you mentioned, as well, these are really risky. there is a significant case around the civilian risk because many of these don't detonate and give the long-term risk. 10% to 20% of the bomblets distributed by the canisters do not detonate, so it is a hugely controversial matter. of course, this would mark a significant turnaround by the biden administration if, indeed, it is approved. >> yeah, and u.s. defense officials say the fail rate or dead rate of the kmunitions they're supplying they're aiming for

all allies agree that we should deliver weapons, ammunition, to ukraine and allies are delivering anrecedented level of support. germany and many other allies are delivering different types of ammunition, weapons, to ukraine. but when it comes to cluster munitions there is a difference because some of us have signed a convention on cluster munitions. so they have none to provide ukraine. 0ther allies have not signed the convention and many of them, some of them indeed have cluster ammunitions. earlier i spoke with democratic congresswoman sara jacobs, who has spoken out against the biden�*s administration's move. thank you so much forjoining us. us officials have confirmed that they are going to send cluster munitions to ukraine and you would have heard the national security adviserjake sullivan saying there is the risk of russians gaining more ground without them. what you make of that? i thought the biden administration has been thoughtful and masterful in how they are dealing with the conflict, keeping our international coalition together. i have been a strong supporter of making

no you and your colleagues across the demonstrations have done a ton of work to negotiate with allies over implementation encourage them to adopt parallel industrial policies. i want to begin by asking how you access -- to assess the current state of policy in europe and asia and how you focus on the sectors of make decisions about semiconductors and clean energy in critical minerals and other factors you're talking about coordinating. >> it's great to be here at carnegie and it's great to be here with you. all that i've learned from you over the past decades or more and all the workf you did to think through and be the architect for new approaches on global economics and it's a pleasure to be your colleague for the period that we were. the first thing i would say to his take a step back and echo it you talked about in terms of the diagnosis that the president had coming into office and really a lease for interlocking challenges that he made. one was the hollowing out of america and the industrial capacity and two was stiffening competition with china particularly recognizing they wer

e of our allies in poland , our allies of the baltic countries, in general, the entire eastern flank of nato, in principle, the netherlands, finland , and so on, in fact, this pressure is as effective as possible because, taking into account that too many people now see their main threat to themselves the threat in russia, the strengthening of the eastern flank of nato and the maximum work, the maximum coordination of the allies on the eastern flank of nato is the maximum priority for all the member countries of the alliance, including for such large countries-leaders as germany and the united states of america and that is why this collective pressure from the eastern flank of nato is actually the most effective because everyone perfectly understands that it is the eastern flank that should now be a priority both from the point of view of resources and from the point of view of provision military security, military-technical cooperation. well, in the end, from the point of view of the same political unity, and that is why it is very sharply at odds with the opinion of those countries

most of allies, not just eastern europeans, they expected americans to leave this taboo.because it was similar to even something weaker than the declaration adopted in 2008, 15 years ago in bucharest. but, it seems to me that something happened afterwards, and the declaration of g7 and especially the meeting between president biden and president zelenskyy produced some results that made ukrainians happier. >> how do you respond to president biden's argument against ukraine joining right now in the middle of this war? because if ukraine were to join nato in the middle of a war, all the nato allies would be in this war as well. >> first of all, nobody talked about -- joining alliance. it was about for guarantees that the war is over. as for concerns of nato being involved in a war against russia, i can tell you that russia is at war with nato, 24/7 russian propaganda, putin himself always crunched, keep repeating that, we are not fighting ukraine, we are fighting nato. so obviously it's an unofficial declaration, but still we have to understand that nato's engaged, like it

this is a question about our allies in southeast asia. they ask, what is the role or place of the philippines? and of highland, the u.s. and indo pacific strategy, what is the state of the alliance with these two countries and what place do they have in the overall indo pacific strategy? then, i forgot. [laughter] thank you. >> thank you, patrick tucker. in the 2022 russian invasion of ukraine, one of the things military officials have acknowledged is an intelligence failure in underestimating the willingness of the ukrainian people to mount protracted armed resistance and multiple senior military leaders i spoke to as well as lawmakers have expressed concern and uncertainty we might be making a reverse mistake with china and taiwan and possibly overestimating the ability or willingness of the taiwanese people to mount protracted armed resistance. is there any study or analysis to suggest that whether they would or would not and what role allies in the region might be willing to play outside of a formal, military alliance? patrick tucker

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allies have not signed - munitions to provide to ukraine, other allies have not signed thel other alliesf news surrounding ukraine this evening. president zelensky speaking in just the last hour in istanbul — he has been in prague today where he has been calling on the nato alliance to supply him with longer range weapons he needs. but it is the white house decision to supply cluster munitions to ukraine which has divided the alliance. over 100 countries have signed up to a moratorium on cluster munitions — including the uk france and germany. let's talk about the counteroffensive because it has been slow to take hold. there are soldiers and western observers starting to wonder if a breakthrough is possible, or whether russia's defensive lines, built up and heavily—reinforced over the winter months, are simply too much of a barrier. today in prague, president zelensky said his country needs longer range weapons. without them he said the counter offensive will be blunted. there has long been a debate within the nato alliance about these longer range weapons. there are concerns that milita

while these investments are informational here at home, it's spooked american allies and partners inr incentives with manufacturing capacity and some were a departure fromry long-standing u.s. rules and other principles. i know you and your colleagues have spent a ton of work negotiating with allies to encourage them to adopt industrial policyy measures. let me begin by asking how you assess the current state discussions in europe and asia and focus on the sectors about semiconductors and clean energy over other sectors you're talking about. >> it is great to be here with you. all that i've learned from you over the past decade and the work you did to think through the new approaches. ... >> one was hollowing out of america industrial capacity. two was stiffening competition with china, particularly recognizing that they were a country and economy that wasn't planed by global rules. three obviously the climate crisis and the need to meet the moment on climate change. and four, the extent to which the hollowing out of our and daschle base had caused deep the challenges for the america

gathering on the process doorstep is intended to be a show of strength on unity among the western allies. savanski has been to our we knew of young capitals seeking support for ukraine. joining nato by the alliance remains divided over the issue. as nato begins, the final preparations for its summit in order to wave the bloody mirrors. lensky has been on a diplomatic charge, seeking support for ukraine's membership hopes in just a few days zones commit with the leaders of bulgaria to the czech republic. lucky, a turkey and poland all new members with a power to help secure backing for ukraine's eventual admission. it's still a matter of political wills. last, just to find the proper wording and invite ukraine. it would be an important message to say that nature is not afraid of russia. ukraine should yet clear a secure time guarantees while it is not in nato. and that is a very important point. before leaving for europe and the summit, us president jo button said that while ukraine is waiting to join the alliance, united states is prepared to offer it protection similar to what it provid

the type of weapons, but all allies agree that we should supply arms and ammunition to ukraine and allies provide an unprecedented level of military support to ukraine and of course germany and many others allies supply different types of weapon ammunition to ukraine but when it comes to cluster munitions there are different views between the allies because some allies have signed the convention on cluster munitions and they do not have cluster munitions in the war in ukraine cluster munitions are already being used and both sides the difference is that russia uses cluster munitions to attack to invade ukraine and ukraine uses cluster munitions to defend against the aggressor the decision to transfer cluster munitions has been important for ukraine since in the first days of the full-scale invasion, the ambassador of ukraine to the usa, oksana markarova, told voice of america about this. according to her, kyiv understands the reservations about the use of such ammunition, but the armed forces will use them responsibly because they are liberating their territories and their people there .

our veterans are standing strong behind our allies. afghan allies whom they know put their lives on the line for them, whom they know put their families at risk for them, and i am grateful to our veterans groups, the uso's, the kinds of allies that we have individually and all around the country who have said they're going to make it a priority to make sure we teet fairly -- treat fairly these afghan allies. we should give them permanent status, a path to permanent status in this country rather than the temporary uncertain status that they have right now. thank you, mr. president. i yield the floor. a senator: mr. president. the presiding officer: the senior senator from michigan. ms. stabenow: thank you, mr. president. first i want to thank senator blumenthal for his comments and senator klobuchar who has been dogged on this issue of afghan refugees. thank you for your leadership on this. i want to thank senator lee who is allowing me to take a moment in the middle of a very important -- of very important issues we're still discussing

we hope that our allies will provide other packages of ammunition and weapons. we expect on these announcements and that is why it is our first priority. we want ukraine to have an advantage on the battlefield , everything is the most important thing for us right now. therefore, we are now emphasizing with ukraine as much as this is needed and we will provide for the most urgent needs of ukraine. thank you . this press conference is over. thank you

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they lose are some of our allies. -- those are some of our allies. the president did consult our allies and partners here. when you look at the last 16 months of this war, we saw this russian aggression in ukraine, we have seen a nato alliance that has been strengthened because of the leadership of this president. we have seen bipartisanship here. we have seen europe come together, the west come together, to make sure we do everything we can to help ukraine fight for its freedom. that is important. we have got to remember what is at stake here, democracy. the president is going to do everything he can reporter: we talked a lot about the terms of security but should we also expect commitments on the humanitarian side next week for those in exile -- or refugees in poland? >> that is a good question. i do not have anything to preview for you at this time. humanitarian aid is something we have provided in the past and we certainly put that as an important thing to provide. i don't have anything that's going to come out of the nato summit this week. i'm s

they depend on exactly the kind of afghan ally whom we promised we would not abandon.nd if you want to count on those kinds of allies all around the world, not only in afghanistan and iraq and that part of the world, but in africa, in south america, we need to keep our promises. if we lose that credibility and trust, our troops will be in danger. our sons and daughters will be at risk. when they depend on those interpreters, the guards, the guides, the security aides, all of the kinds of allies that we enlisted, afghan allies who put their lives on the line, and now have targets on their back, if they were ever to return. bad enough, that many of those allies are still in afghanistan and at risk of torture and murder. what we need to keep pace with the afghan refugees have come to this country. i want to salute the veterans as did my colleague senator moran. they had been heroes in this fight. they are championing this cause, has made a tremendous difference, and i thank you for recognizing. there is a moral imperative here. that's the reason that our promise needs to

you're going to see commitments by all the allies to continue to support their efforts to succeed on the battlefield. you're also going to see from all the allies, a concerted unified approach to making it clear that nato is eventually going to be in ukraine's future. how far away that future might be could be clarified this week without joining via thomas. yeah, my love which is intel in estonia. he's a research fellow with international institutes for defense on security. hello thomas. thanks for joining us. so that lansky is tory and he robes in the run up to the nato summit. and next week the game supports for joining the alliance. what are his chances of success? i think is charles's social security and can be due to uh, from a supplement to ship, all fair to slim. but i think that the, uh he is getting the coast all the question on everyone's mind is not what a member of nato. but when he had the digital to slice in the details, send the consensus as coolest thing of the notion that this should happen only often with russia as many allies that are reluctant to see a need of bei

, we will have _ because with sweden, as allies, we will have a — because with sweden, as allies, weratically solid new member on the table. but the big elephant in the table. but the big elephant in the room — the table. but the big elephant in the room clearly is ukraine and the relation _ the room clearly is ukraine and the relation the — the room clearly is ukraine and the relation the allies would like to develop — relation the allies would like to develop with russia.— relation the allies would like to develop with russia. given the high stakes on exactly _ develop with russia. given the high stakes on exactly that _ develop with russia. given the high stakes on exactly that question, - stakes on exactly that question, what do you think will be a successful outcome here with regards to ukraine membership of nato? weill. to ukraine membership of nato? well, i belon: to to ukraine membership of nato? well, i belong to those _ to ukraine membership of nato? well, i belong to those who _ to ukraine membership of nato? well, i belong to those who have advocated a fast-track— i belon

nato allies. and this is something that i think turkey or turkey and the government that have damage to along the path, especially with the last proposal to link it to the cookie is membership in the you, which was quite surprised thing and quite probably would a change in position or an increase in support of countries like sweden, if that's the indication that they would support now took he's a accession bit to the does that change the dynamics to be frank and you know, i'm one of those in this parliament to advocate a turkish future as do you remember there are not so many of us here in this parliament, the majority of this problem and the ones to stop, not just to freeze, but to stall the exception process. i did not agree with that. however, we have substantial obstacles on our way to the freezing of this process, and i don't think that there will be any new dynamics with just one of the 27 countries. i'm thinking otherwise we already have advocates in the rain. so for you members, but even o

i was asked by the allies and this is actually a correct story . during the war, horses are not changed, and i say this with great respect for the daens, who knows very well. we need such a good horse, which is respected by everyone. able to reach er the unity of all allies and we would really need him to come out. and he said that i was instructed to develop a new plan. i will start it immediately tomorrow, on the first day after the appointment, and in the near future a new entry visa for ukraine will be ready and we will discuss it then at the newly created ukraine nato council, here it is five for me, there was a result that would be worthy and would warm our hearts, we would like more , we would like an immediate invitation to the alliance, but as a result, at least this would be worthy, mr. pavlo, well, look at that you said okay, we all understand that we won't be invited to nato, uh, we won't become a member of nato, we shouldn't even talk about it until the end, before our victory over the russians , uh, now you say that you took away this

secondly, a sense that our relationships with allies and partners are not front and center. and how we are approaching the global economy. i would say that those are both fundamentally -- to me. jake talked about the biden international vision and domestic vision is one that puts billeting at its core, building capacity and i cannot think of anything more optimistic than investing and building for the future, as we are working to do at home and with our allies. along with our partners around the world. at its core, i think that that is an optimistic vision for the moment, but optimistic across the longer part of history and i am wildly excited to be part of it. and then the second thing is, you know, when i look at -- you were a key part of this as well -- when i look at our relationships with our closest allies, this is a historic moment in terms of that degree of unity. certainly that was sort of founded in this administration with russia's invasion, and the unity that came out of that and the common response that you are so important to building. but has gone on to encomp

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allies as well. the joint vision statement i told people up, between the united states and thailand to not risk communication. there are some challenges as well, we are watching closely in transition following the election and looking to our thai friends to make sure this reflects the outlook of the thai people and we are looking at a range of challenges across the region, first and foremost across the border but there we have made important progress with our thai allies. you want to say anything more? >> maybe agree with all of that. on the philippines, the revitalization of the us/filipino alliance would be an issue to the biden administration and secretary austin who has poured a huge amount of energy into that relationship. we managed to travel out there a couple times, met with the former president and that was the beginning of a renewal of the relationship and that accelerated through the marcos administration and incredible headway on the posture relating to capability development and some of

they're planning ahead that you're going to see commitments by all the allies to continue to support their efforts to succeed on the battlefield. you're also going to see from all the allies, a concerted unified approach to making it clear that nato is eventually going to be in ukraine's future. how far away the future might be could be clarified this week . so is the lead ski likely to persuade me to, to let you green join? i asked thomas, yeah i'm, i love beaches, but with the international center for defense and security intel in estonia, i think is charles's social security and immediate to uh, from itself membership, all fairly slim. but i think that the, he's getting the ghost, all the question on everyone's mind is not with a member of the data, but when he had the digital to slice in the details. so the consensus is colorless thing of the notion that this should happen only off to the who live russia and many allies that are look some to see a need of being dragged into direct confrontation with russia. uh if, if the invitations extended right away. now uh the question of tha

, we have no other allies and we have to try to combine them.arguments, which are largely emotional, this is our task, so i believe that participation in this summit is an important decision, of course, for volodymyr zelenskyi, and we will respect any of his decisions, he feels this is in constant dialogue with the leaders of our allies. but i believe that we should not allow russia or even china or anyone else to point fingers at us and say, well , you see, they, er, are engaged in the fact that the west is increasing, but nevertheless, they are already internal problems and quarrels, that is, everything that serves the kremlin definitely does not serve our benefit, and we are responsible people and we understand this well, mr. pavlo, look. last year , the nato summit was also held in madrid, and there it was so obvious that they talked about ukraine because the war had already lasted six months. well a little less than six months, and now it has been going on for one and a half years, there is some kind of change, this shift is inserted into t