he spoke at the atlantic council. mr. kempe: good morning. welcome. i am president of the atlantic council. thank you for joining us for this timely event. i want to give a warm welcome to the u.s. special representative, elliott abrams, whom i have known for many decades. ambassador, thank you for your leadership. and many other members of the diplomatic corps as well as board members who are here with us. for those

the atlantic council is the host of this event. >> good morning. welcome, everyone to the atlantic council -- -- business and economic center. thank you so much for joining us today. it's a real pleasure to welcome back the vice-president, as well as our moderator from price waterhouse coopers. we have a wide variety, but the main is to take stock of brexit and the future, current state of affairs between the european union and the u.k. and the vice-president will share his thoughts on sustainable finance, and he's been the vice-president for euro dialog with a party with the captain markets union. prime minister of latvia between 2009-2014 and served as country's minister of finance between 2002-2004. our moderator, dr. alexis crowe, he leaves the geopolitical practice and is also a fellow here at the atlantic council. the discussion is part of our euro growth initiative which aims to foster robust transatlantic dialogue between europe and the u.s. and the events, not only on the record, but on tv for your awareness. and with that, vice-president

he spoke at the atlantic council. mr. kempe: good morning. welcome. i am president of the atlantic council. thank you for joining us for this timely event. i want to give a warm welcome to the u.s. special representative, elliott abrams, whom i have known for many decades. ambassador, thank you for your leadership. and many other members of the diplomatic corps as well as board members who are here with us. for those watching the event today, feel free to tweet using the #ac venezuela. the atlantic council is committed to helping venezuela's legitimate democratic leaders, the national assembly and juan guaido in concert with billy mcgrew, members of europe, and democracies across the world to bring this crisis to an end while building a path toward a sustainable future for venezuela. this event is one of many of the atlantic council's efforts to help venezuelans regain the future they so richly deserve. there is a contest going on globally between democracies and venezuela, the outcome in venezuela will have not only national consequences, in this dic

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alexis crowe, and at pricewaterhousecoopers and is also a fellow here at the atlantic can council. the discussion is part of our euro growth initiative which aims to foster pro bust transatlantic dialog between europe and the u.s. and the events, not only on the record who had, but on tv for your awareness. and with that, vice-president dombrovskis, if i could ask you to come to the stage. >>. [applause] >> vice-president, it's an honor to have you here today with us. i know many of us in the room are here because of a unity that we share across the atlantic ocean and so it's really a pleasure to have someone here who's worked so avidly throughout his career. so the first question i think today also addresses this mini series, this tragic comedy which we're all binge watching. i think it could be called "october is the new black" as this would be brexit. we just had the summit with the ministers. where do we stand today? >> well, good morning. first of all, i'd like to thank atlantic council for this invitation and for in opportunity to share news on latest developments in europe a

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fellow and if you know anything about the atlantic council of course you know they have pretty much the strongest ties possible to nato because they are the media arm of nato right then there is stephen gaghan and now he actually has said in his past his consult with the cia on multiple projects including his movie syriana. sounds a little eerie right. stephen gaghan is the one who actually wrote the call of duty ghosts and this is again someone who has met with the pentagon and the cia. so let me ask you for the folks at home is there any actual evidence that we have we did we. do we have something that says that the united states government that the that our lovely government was actually thought that this was a possibility yeah we actually do and of course i'm so shy so no it isn't a coincidence that this game had the exact details of the plan so actually there's kind of a timeline i want to make sure people understand right so in two thousand and ten there were documents that are now leaked by wiki leaks that show the u.s. military in conversation with contractors that desc

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special envoy to the south american country elliott abrams spoke to our good friends at the atlantic council on thursday outlining the conditions for a post material by his way of joining me now to discuss is r t america course one of the show greenstein and watching the hawks social media producer ben springer thank you both for coming on. devon i want to start why didn't. people immediately move into the embassy like the day you know that night like the moment but there are those people left why didn't those diplomats why those people just run in and take over well it's a really good question because if your call last month they did take over the re diplomatic properties between d.c. and new york which that itself is could be considered sort of breaking international law in itself but essentially outlined in the vienna convention on diplomatic relations is that embassies and diplomatic properties are essentially off limits meaning that in times of war. or really year round that the u.s. has of the u.s. or whatever state the embassy is in has a protect it in the vienna convention they even

and at the atlantic council the day before the eu granted a 6-month extension for a brexit agreement. >> good morning, welcome, everyone. a great fellow at the council, business and economic center. it is a pleasure to welcome valdis dombrovskis. we have a variety of purposes today but the main one will be to take stock of brexit, the future relationship between the european union and the uk. and the vice president of brussels will talk about regulatory markets, sustainable finance and the international role of the euro. welcome back. i survey the commission of social dialogue since 2014 with the portfolio of financial stability and the capital markets union. he was the premise of from 2009-14 and served with the ministry of finance from 2002-2004. our moderator today is doctor alexis stowe who is at price waterhouse coopers and is a fellow at the atlantic council. the discussion is part of our euro growth initiative which aims to foster robust transatlantic dialogue about europe. the events, not only are we on the record but we are on tv for your awareness and with that, valdis dombr

ambassador to ukraine now director of the eurasia center at the atlantic council who joins us live from washington d.c. mr has welcome to the program so round one to the comedian wild card but round two can be a lot tougher for the lansky that's correct i'm in fact i'd say round one when both two zelinsky and our shango could punish and goes edging out units of the shanku has done something innocently be so certain of. how do you see it going in round two when it comes to. his policies and says well it's his policies and so forth is going to come to much more scrutiny and he's policy like basic isn't. he very bright look he's clearly an able man he was a very successful comedian and business mat the fact that he won first round you actually join certain amount of political talent but he does not know that much about our economic affairs about.

tripoli or wrong bruce st john served on the atlantic council working group on libya he says there is a risk of a major battle if half thought continues his offensive. if the general after let me national army continues to press for darts triply they're very like me don't you encountered grease and a stiff resistance from the floor says within me itself as well as militias from zones on and misrata so we could end up with a fairly major battle here both sides continue to push if in fact the only conversation between president prop and general after hour is as the white house has portrayed it it looks like a hundred eighty degree shift in u.s. policy towards libya i mean since the libyan plate agreement was signed in december twenty fifth and the government of national accord was formed the united states government bilaterally it wasn't conjunction with european allies and the united nations has pushed for some kind of brokered political settlement. as recently as ten days ago secretary of state john peo called for general after to withdraw his forces and reengage in the un brokered up

ronald bruce st john served on the atlantic council working group on libya and the international advisory board of the journal of libyan studies he joins us now via skype from albuquerque new mexico thanks very much for being with us i want to ask you first of hearing. about the the fighting that's been taking place in and around tripoli there is a fear that this could ignite a wider civil war in libya on the on the scale of the twenty eleven. that toppled one market daffyd do you do you share that fear yes i think there is very much a realistic possibility that happening if the general after a military national army or press for short tripoli they're very lightly don't you . present a stiff resistance through of course is where they end so well there's no lotions from zones on and misrata so we could end up with a very major battle here also it's been going to push and the the white house statement that president trump. the phone call took place between the president u.s. president and khalifa haftar. people are taking that as evidence of a u.s. support which could go some way to explain

ambassador to ukraine who's now director at the eurasia center at the atlantic council and he says despite zilinskas inexperience he shouldn't be underestimated. he's clearly an able man he was a very successful comedian and business mat the fact that he won the first round you actually just certain about political talent but he does not know that much about our economic affairs about political affairs and certainly about security affairs and how they push agger will try and make that clear to the ukrainian public in the next three weeks principle and its people are are not happy with the state of domestic affairs they understand that the kremlin is waging a war against the donbass and i think they are by and large satisfied with where she goes or leadership which in fact has been actually but there are unhappy with the fact that corruption remains a large problem despite some progress finding corruption they're happy that there's not been improvement in their standard of living all that is actually a mistake and so they're looking for a new face who is not tainted by the the policy failur

tripoli ronald st john's on the atlantic council working group on libya he says there's a risk of a major battle if have to continue this is offensive. if the general after in middle of a national army continues to press for darts triply they're very likely going to encounter grease and a stiff resistance from floors where they end directly itself as well as militias from zintan and misrata so we could end up with a fairly major battle here both sides putin needs to push if in fact the only conversation between president prop and general after hour is as the white house has portrayed it it looks like a hundred eighty degree shift in u.s. policy towards libya i mean since the libyan plate agreement was signed in december twenty eighth and we go to a national accord was formed the united states government bilaterally you know it wasn't conjunction with european allies and the united nations has pushed for some kind of broke or political settlement. as recently as ten days ago secretary of state on a zero call for general after to withdraw his forces in reengage in iraq brokered out the star

ronald bruce st john served on the atlantic council working group on libya he says u.s. policy seems to have undergone a total utero. if the general after let me national army continues to press for darts triply they're very likely going to encounter grease and a stiff resistance from floors where they end directly itself as well as militias from zintan and misrata a so we could end up with a very major battle here full size continue to push if in fact the only conversation between president prop and general after is as the white house has portrayed it it looks like on hundred eighty degree shift in u.s. policy towards libya i mean since the libyan played but really it was signed in december twenty fifth he and he go to a national accord was formed the united states government bilaterally it wasn't conjunction with european allies and the united nations has pushed for some kind of brokered political settlement. as recently as ten days ago secretary of state john peo called for general after to withdraw his forces and reengage in the iran brokered out these talks so to go

and closer closer scrutiny in the weeks ahead melinda herring is the editor of ukraine at the atlantic council she told me earlier that ukraine is struggling economy has been a key factor for voters in this election is a list may not have experience but he knows people who do have experience and he knows people who can get the economy going again in the economy is really the central issue in this election sure the war is important but the economy is really dragging foreign direct investment it is completely flat in two million ukrainians are working in the czech republic and poland so if the ones he can get the economy going if he could finally turn the tide on corruption people are going to take him really seriously so yes he doesn't have a defined team in foreign policy and i think that's one of his big weaknesses but in the next day or two he should begin to announce more of his team. so i have for you on the program arab league leaders condemned the u.s. decision to recognize israeli sovereignty over the occupied golan ites and we meet the migrants who travel through central america hoping

the atlantic council receives millions of dollars from the u.s. state department nato and washington's allies abroad could it be that some of that foreign funding is finding its way into a social media campaign against meddling both domestic and foreign why do we need this. crash. we're going to. far far off that the point is there that this is. i think he did base you know. you don't need to see and. this is that this. is. that's it for now good news alerts around the clock for the your next update from in the moscow news to followers cross talk. shows seem wrong. just don't all. get to shape out just to. educate and indeed train because the trail. when so many find themselves worlds apart. just to look for common ground. hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter what drives american foreign policy at its core is it really about furthering national interest is there an ideological foundation that is the driver we're told it's all about democracy or is it really all about power and the purposeful denial of agency of oth

the atlantic council receives millions of dollars from the u.s. state department nato and washington's allies abroad could it be that some of that foreign funding is finding its way into a social media campaign against meddling both domestic and foreign why preschool is doing it the students in this crash in. green want who are going to. manipulate far far off that the point is there is this is. i did base. you know we need to see ourselves and. make. this. international news for this hour the next update for us follows crosstalk. hello and welcome to cross talk we're all things considered i'm peter what drives american foreign policy at its core is it really about furthering national interest is there an ideological foundation that is the driver we're told it's all about democracy or is it really all about power and the purposeful denial of agency of others on the international stage. cross talking american foreign policy i'm joined by my guest max blumenthal in washington he's the editor of gray zone dot com as well as author of the new book the

list to fight that election meddling domestic and foreign and american think tank called the atlantic council even its own employees were surprised some within our community may view this partnership with skepticism we would expect nothing less and encourage more in fact a healthy skepticism is a vital part of digital resilience but how healthy is that skepticism really. dig and this isn't. and it's russia. and. india journalist a bit i or me tra la just a criminal complaint against facebook accusing the social network of waging a war against india he claims the tech giant is trying to interfere in the internal process of the election at the behest of foreign powers really.

john served on the atlantic council working group on libya he says there's a risk of a major battle if after all continues his offensive. the general after libyan national army. or tripoli they're very lightly don't you carry your resistance from forces within so well as notions and misrata. so we could end up with a fairly major battle here both sides continue to push if in fact the only conversation between president prop and general after hour is as the white house has portrayed it it looks like iron age agree shift in u.s. policy towards libya i mean since the libyan plate agreement was signed in december twenty eighth you have to eat and you go to the national court was formed the united states government bilaterally you know it wasn't conjunction with european allies and the united nations has pushed for some kind of brokered political settlement. as recently as ten days ago secretary of state peo called for general after to withdraw his forces in reengage in the iran brokered out fish stocks so to go from that situation to your president dropped a report of a last monday calling

independent research of focusing on egypt he was the associate director for research at the atlantic council and he sent a joins us now via skype from washington good to have you with us. so . the opposition are saying that this is an attempt by president to cement his grip on power and to tighten. the grip of the military in egypt politics is that how you see it. it seems pretty clear when you're talking about extending president cc's current term by two years and then how allowing him to run again and for president until twenty thirty and it doesn't seem like there is any kind of opposition and he's sort of. opposition political participation dissent all of these public spaces whether real or virtual have literally been shut down i mean we've seen the there was hardly any debate over these constitutional changes by parliament i mean even the what was supposed to be a public dialogue we've had reports of where the disappearance of those public dialogue they've been handpicked to end any kind of disagreement or it was over relatively minor points nothing challenging the fundamental. term lim

process based on unanimous consent and military decisions implemented by oversight in the north atlantic council. as it met expectations. -- has it met expectations? guest: it has shown that it has stood up against aggressiveness. in the 1990's it could adapt. the only time with the collective defense provisions of the north atlantic treaty have been invoked were in response to the attack on the united states. across the middle east its engaged in many areas to defend nuclear interest. i preface this by saying that the european union is a trade alliance, but as we watch the developments as it continues the brexit process, are there any lessons with regards to nato? host: nato is a -- -- guest: nato is a political and military alliance. consultation for the united states with many key european partners who participate in aspects of nato deliberations. we don't have a seat at the table at the european union and nato remains an important venue for us to discuss obviously not , but keyissues strategic issues it's an important forum for us. is going to have an impact on the european union. it's not c

really going to limit the next president's foreign policy options thank you very much from the atlantic council melinda herring added to the. we move to gaza now where the two main border crossings have reopened for the first time in six days israel left at restrictions on sunday morning after a weekend of mass protest on the fence dividing gaza and israel for palestinian protesters were killed and two hundred forty others injured in the demonstrations mohammed jan june has more now from gaza. more indications that egypt should mediated talks between hamas other palestinian factions and israel are on a positive track first came word on sunday that the government was salim and areas crossings had been reopened then came word that the fishermen in gaza will once again be able to resume fishing the fisherman's union tells us that they've been notified by israeli officials that north of the gaza strip they will be able to go six not a cool miles off the coast that in gaza city they will be able to go twelve nautical miles off the coast and that in south of the gaza strip they will be able to go fif

in the main meeting which is taking place now what they call the plenary meeting of the north atlantic council that's all the foreign ministers twenty nine of them sitting together i think that message of trying to keep the unity and and the concerns about russia is shared by most of those ministers as ever is the case here both sammy where the real business is done is not around that big table it's in the margins and some of those issues that are being talked about i think while they're all here in washington d.c. are perhaps more important one of those is the concern about turkey's plan to buy that missile defense system from russia that is caused a row with the u.s. other allies are very concerned about that i put that issue to the nato secretary general as he arrived here this morning. it is a national decision. for each dollar to decide on determined of capabilities but at the same time we see that this is not an issue which creates. which has created this remit between allies and nato provides a platform for allies to address issues like to this the s s four hundred issues going on the a

the issues around it we are joined from kiev by peter dickinson he's a research fellow at the atlantic council and the publisher of business ukraine also in the ukrainian capital. she is a lawyer at the anti corruption action center and similar bar shadow me say is an al-jazeera reporter who has covered the ukrainian elections she joins us from doha welcome everyone to the stream peter i want to start with you we saw that video there what can you tell us about what i mean. and why he was so successful in the first round of this presidential election. well essentially he is. the establishment. he is fighting against the status quo the greatest strength he has no experience is his greatest weakness is well known but at this stage in the campaign he represents the ultimate protest. i think bill's and all the strengths that he's not simply popular because he played the president he being a major celebrity in ukraine for around twenty years now and is a household name known to everyone very well like we've seen is a very charming charismatic son because i'm not an unknown sprung from the you know t

ambassador to ukraine now director of the eurasia center at the atlantic council they joins us live from washington d.c. . welcome to the program so round one to the comedian wild card but round two is going to be a lot tougher for the lansky that's correct i'm in fact i'd say round one when both zelinsky and our shan't go because polish and goes edging out units of the shadow was done something you're certain of. how do you see it going in round two when it comes to. his policies and says well it's his policies and so forth is going to come into much more scrutiny and he's policy like basic is a. very bright look he's clearly an able man he was a very successful comedian and business that the fact that he won first round you actually just certain about political talent but he does not know that much about our economic affairs about political affairs and certainly about security fears and i think bush and he will try and make that clear to the ukrainian public in next three weeks he does have as we were just saying in that report he does have the former finance minister behind him and th

the atlantic council receives millions of dollars from the u.s. state department nato and washington's allies abroad could it be that some of that foreign funding is finding its way into a social media campaign against meddling both domestic and foreign why do we need this in this year. we're going to. far far off that the point is there this is. you don't need to see something and. this is that this. is. ok that's the way look from moscow this hour thanks for watching i'll be back to you again off the going underground. after time so we're going underground as judges rule on u.k. involvement in massacres in yemen and the u.k. backed israeli army prepares for elections after the detention of the younger brother of palestinian icon had to mimi days after she appeared on this show coming up will british judges tomorrow think this was a serious violation of international humanitarian law and stop to raise them a allowing the export of british bombs we hear they just in the aftermath of sunday saudi. and the girls elementary school in yemen. just anot

european union and britain's effort to leave it the former latvian prime minister was at the atlantic council the day before the eu granted a six month extension for brexit agreement >> good morning and welcome everyone i direct the business and economic center at the council. thank you for joining us today. it's a pleasure to welcome back the vice president of the eu commission as well as our moderator. we have a variety of purposes here today but the main one will be to take stock of brexit and the current state of affairs in the relationship between the european union and the uk and the vice president will share his views on global financial markets, sustainable finance and the international role of the euro. welcome back, he served as vice president for a year on social dialogue since 2014 with a portfolio for financial stability, services and the capital markets union. he's prime minister of latvia between 2009 and 2014 and served as the minister of finance between 2002 in 2004. >> the moderator today is dr. alexis crow who established and leads the geopolitical investment practice at pr

he and doug who wrote this piece are members of the atlantic council board but i actually disagree withe nato a favor by focussing a real debate on nato, and i don't think we'd be all rallying around nato and its importance, the importance of allies of the united states had he not been president who has raised more questions about nato than any previous president raised questions about whether we would come to the collective defense. stoltenberg is the first leader of any multi-lateral organization to speak to a joint session of congress. that wouldn't have happened if congress hadn't sprung into action. the storm of offense. this is all happening as sort of reaction to trump. trump has been an anecdote to the complacency around nato, and if you look at on the ground in europe, nato defense spending in europe is up 40% in the trump presidency. we have a new brigade there. we haven't moved a tank out since 2013. we have defensive weapons from ukraine we never could get during the obama administration. is it troubling the way trump has talked about nato and thought about nato, yes, but ha

. >> people should not forget that article five the military response voted by the atlantic council hasy been done once and that was after 9/11. >> that is absolutely correct. and i was the commander for four years as you know, and sadly, i lost 2000 troops under my command -- >> 2000? >> 2000, during the four years i was there. one-third of them were europeans. and i wrote every one of those condolence letters. the europeans stood and delivered for us after 9/11. we ought to stand with them this alliance, this transatlantic bridge has been creeking a little bit, but it's the most stable thing in the international order. we need to treasure it. >> i was having a conversation with a nato ally, a former defense minister, and the inside story of what happened at those nato meetings when the president of the united states interrupted angela merkel, interrupted the other ministers and tried to take over the meeting in one of the sub meetings. and basically, you know, read the riot act about they're not spending enough money. >> indeed. and he also famously pushed aside one of the leaders as

process based on unanimous consent and military decisions implemented by oversight in the north atlantic councilas it met expectations.

you had the atlantic council yesterday talk about how they're offering services to the democratic field to help secure their cyber -- their campaigns. so in offering the same services they offered at local and state election boards the last cycle. so there are things in motion. that said, if the president isn't involved, really it creates -- there's a disconnect there. but this isn't going to change. the president isn't going to all of a sudden come out and say you know what? you guys were all right. the intelligence services were right. the mueller report is right when it comes to election interference. it isn't going to happen. >> let me ask you this. we talk a lot about how there's not great political appetite right now for the russian investigation. it's not a top voting issue, as you go into 2020. on the issue, though, of the threat to the election -- >> yes. >> -- itself, is that something that voters care about? do they consider it a real threat? >> they should. and law marks certainly have raised it. mark warner, for example, has asked the pentagon to look into deep fake. this i

that from benjamin haddid, a french man who works at the atlantic council in washington. new video just into fox news channel. this will be that iconic spire collapsing before our very eyes. this taken from the ground. unimaginable. there is no place that more embodies paris and france, for that matter. you could argue the arc di triumph and the rest of the scenes there pale in comparison to notre dame and anyone who ever visited it must have the same punch to the gut feeling that we all have here this afternoon. france 24 reporter on the ground says police have asked people to stay away from the area, but it's apparently not working because hundreds and hundreds, if not thousands of parisians are now packing the area around the cathedral. so as the word has gone out, please leave the area. parisians are coming in mass. the mayor has just tweeted a terrible fire under way at notre dame cathedral in paris. the fire department is trying to control the flames. we are mobilizing on the spot in close connection with the diocese of paris, the catholic church. the mayor says, i

the issues around it we are joined from kiev by peter dickinson he's a research fellow at the atlantic council and the publisher of business ukraine also in the ukrainian capital is john she is a lawyer at the anti corruption action center and similar say is an al-jazeera reporter who has covered the ukrainian elections she joins us from doha welcome everyone to this stream peter i want to start with you we saw that video there what can you tell us about the law to me as a linsky and why he was so successful in the first round of this presidential election. well essentially he is. the establishment. he is fighting against the status quo his greatest strength he has no experience. his greatest weakness is that at this stage in the campaign he represents the ultimate protest. and i think it feels a little strange that he's not simply popular because he played the president on he being a major celebrity in ukraine for around twenty years now and is a household name known to everyone very well like we've seen is a very charming charismatic son because i'm not an unknown from from the you know the

the issues around it we are joined from kiev by peter dickinson he's a research fellow at the atlantic council and the publisher of business ukraine also in the ukrainian capital. she is a lawyer at the anti corruption action center and similar say is an al-jazeera reporter who has covered the ukrainian elections she joins us from doha welcome everyone to the stream peter i want to start with you we saw that video there what can you tell us about the law to me as a linsky and why he was so successful in the first round of this presidential election. well essentially he is. the establishment. he is fighting against the status quo his greatest strength he has no experience. his greatest weakness is that at this stage in the campaign he represents the ultimate protest. and i think it feels a little strange that he's not simply popular because he played the president he being a major celebrity in ukraine for around twenty years now and in that household name known to everyone very well like we've seen is a very charming charismatic son because i'm not an unknown sprung from the you know the the fr

we had the atlantic council this morning saying this is america not providing an offramp of anything, potentially going to an escalation of angst. with the latest. we put oil in there. let's have a look at it. a rally of 3% yesterday. we are trading higher this morning. ubs said there will be a cautious response from opec. oil rising, brent rising to $78 by the second of the third quarter. you are right, it is about what saudi can do. they are the swing producer. let's look at the rest of the .est -- risk market in iron ore.rtant ratcheting higher this morning, stocks falling for the second week in a row. steel production is at a record high and citigroup have visibility on a trade deal. canadian dollar, let me pop the scene. i am not sure what that is. -- pop this in. i'm not sure what this is. generic first. we will have to have a tricky word with someone on that. canadian dollar better bid. juliette saly? juliet: we are seeing upside in asian markets, although investors are waiting for the next impetus, looking to the u.s. earnings season, particularly with tech stocks. the aussie

the issues around it we are joined from kiev by peter dickinson he's a research fellow at the atlantic council and the publisher of business ukraine also in the ukrainian capital. she is a lawyer at the anti corruption action center and similar say is an al-jazeera reporter who has covered the ukrainian elections she joins us from doha welcome everyone to this stream peter i want to start with you we saw that video there what can you tell us about the law to me. and why he was so successful in the first round of this presidential election. well essentially he is. the establishment. he is fighting against the status quo the greatest strength he has no experience is his greatest weakness is well known but at this stage in the campaign he represents the ultimate protest. i think bill's a little strange that he is not simply popular because he played the president he been a major celebrity in ukraine for around twenty years now and is a household name known to everyone very well like we've seen is a very charming charismatic son because i'm not an unknown sprung from the you know the fringes of bu

taking place all the foreign ministers twenty nine around the table of what's known as the north atlantic council but much of the real business actually takes place in the margins of that meeting while they're all here in washington one of those issues is turkey's plan to buy a missile defense system from russia that's causing real concern these are the comments of nato secretary general. it is a national decision. for each dollar to decide on determined of capabilities but at the same time we see that this is not an issue which creates. which has created this agreement between allies and nato provides a platform for allies to address issues like here this. is four hundred issues going on the agenda of the meeting today but i expect of course is to be or to be addressed on the margins of the meeting because nato is a platform for our laws to discuss issues like this need to provides support to turkey and we augment the air defense. the air defense cold turkey with the bottom and top nato to buttress another important issue being discussed is afghanistan peace talks in doha have been taking place