you now say crimea is ukrainian. putin, who would of course be proud of this. this is his main thing he is proud of. i see, i see. and this is how we stand. we haven't time to go through all of your policies, on the economy, foreign policy, everything else. let's do it. well, we don't have time, but russia is in a really difficult place economically. there are still sanctions on the country. your growth rate is i% this year. you're very vulnerable to shifts in commodity prices. do you believe, going back to this question of experience, that you have the ability to turn russia around? i have an ability to create another system. and the system itself will create another economy, a free economy of trade, a free economy of innovations. the things that are needed is the changing of power. so a parliamentary republic — very strong government, instead of a very strong president. i think the most important thing for russia at this moment is to change presidential republic to parliamentary republic, because this will make tho

and later on i gave an interview, and i remember it was crimea before ukraine, and i gave an interviewrman media and i was asked -- how the hell could you even go to see this person? >> [speaking in german] joe: and i said, you know it is good to talk to each other, not about each other. i was committing to these people. this was crimea, of course territorial integrity matters, of course it matters, but honestly, given what we have been through with the russian people, between two world wars, i said, you know, this is a temporary issue. now what happened was, and we know this well, what was in the news and media was not about the two world wars, crimea is maybe not as material. obviously if you only read that, you would say, what the hell is going on with this person, saying such crap? so it was unfortunate. but the intent was, i said i made a commitment to the crimean people to industrialize the country. where are we at? that was the intent. the outcome was learning of me to be more mindful and be more careful about my responsibility. i still do believe that talking to each other in a

russia paid dearly for meddling in ukraine the west responded with sanctions the enochs ation of crimea resulted in the most serious crisis in russian european relations since the fall of the soviet union. but when the consequences became clear and sanctions were introduced it causes disillusionment and a deep very serious pessimism sets in. everyone understood that reforms threatened putin's pala that's why we're stuck in a dead end and there's no way out of this could be new. and i see. that to a certain extent russia is experiencing a repeat of everything the soviet union went through before its collapse the serious economic problems of dependence on raw materials aggression toward the outside world. for russia ukraine today is what afghanistan was for the soviet union back then. when the soviet union interfered in the war there it sparked the crisis to the not the. more than twenty five years after the fall of the soviet empire light america putin is still looking to restore russian power and prestige with mixed results musk owes an accession of crimea and it scarcely concealed inte

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today, borisjohnson again called the annexation of crimea from ukraine illegal.syria, and russia's controversial military support for president assad. this month, vladimir putin declared mission accomplished in syria, but the threat of terrorism there, the need to build the peace now, is one that concerns britain and russia equally. so, it was that sense of common interest that the foreign secretary underlined, after talks that lasted well over the hour. there is no point in simply sitting on the sidelines and complaining about each other. we have to engage, we have to talk to each other. there were some light moments. sergei lavrov said he trusted borisjohnson so much, he'd used his russian name, boris. boris! but there were frosty touches, as well. translation: i cannot recall any action by russia that was aggressive in relation to the uk, but we have heard accusations, even insultingly, that we support a criminal regime in syria, that we are aggressors, that we are occupiers, we annex other territories. those are all claims russia denies, even now. relations w

and later on i gave an interview, i was crimea before ukraine, and i gave an interview on german media asked -- how the hell could you even .o to see this person >> [speaking in german] joe kaeser: and i said you know it is good to talk to each , ofr, i was committing course territorial integrity matters, but honestly, given what we have been through with between twopeople, world wars, i said, you know, this is a temporary issue. now what happened was, and we know this well, what was in the news was not about that, crimea is maybe not as material. obviously if you only read that, you would say, what the hell is going on with this person, saying such nonsense? so it was unfortunate. but i did say that i made a commitment to the crimean people to industrialize the country. that was the intent. me outcome was learning of to be more mindful and be more careful about my responsibility. talking to each other in any sort of crisis is more important, then talking about each other, that never helped anywhere in the world. ♪ making america great again necessarily mean the rest of the world becom

he said he might even recognize crimea during the campaign.ht even look at lifting those sanctions that the u.s. imposed under president obama against russia because of its behavior. and now this for the first time president trump actually approving these lethal weapons to ukraine. the russian foreign minister saying this crossed the line, this would incur more bloodshed. and of course a lot of people are afraid russia could use this as a pretext for further action in ukraine. in his statement the foreign minister said right here that american weapons can lead to new victims in our neighboring country to which we cannot remain indifferent. and of course, the state department saying these are defensive in nature because the ukrainian military has been facing aggression from russian backed separatists. but this, for the first time, these lethal weapons being sold to the ukrainian military by the u.s., fred. >> and now u.s. senator john mccain who was in arizona, wasn't in washington for the vote because of his treatment for brain cancer, he did

crimea is maybe not as material.ou only read this, you say what the hell is going on with that person saying such crap? so that was a bit unfortunate, but i said i made a commitment to the people to industrialize the country. that was the intent. the outcome was learning for me to be mindful of the broader aspect of responsibility. but i still do believe that talking to each other in any sort of crisis is more important than talking about each other. that's never helped anybody in the world. francine: does making america great again necessarily mean the rest of the world becomes worse? ♪ ♪ president trump: chancellor, thank you very much. such a great honor to get to know you, to be with you. i want to thank all the business leaders who have joined us. francine: siemens chief executive joe kaeser was one of those business leaders in angela merkel's delegation to the white house in march. siemens employs 50,000 people in america, and is one of its biggest foreign investors. but the visit came against the backdrop of u

fighting between the two sides started in eastern ukraine, soon after russia annexed ukraine's crimeaonflict began about a month later, after ukraine's president, viktor yanukovych, who favoured russia, was deposed and fled to moscow. the un says at least 10,000 people have died since, in the regions of donetsk and luhansk. the bbc‘s andrew plant has the story. in the war—torn east of ukrainian, carried on three plain buses, hundreds of prisoners are heading home, some after years in captivity. more than 300 people, in one of the biggest prisoner swaps since the ukrainian conflict began, the first such swap since september last year, arriving with their belongings, shivering in temperatures close to freezing, but glad to be finally free. translation: i am very happy that i am going back to ukraine, and i thank everyone for the work that has been done to be able to see my loved ones again. translation: i want to believe that people are tired of all of this and must find the strength to engage in a dialogue, because without dialogue, we will be in a deadlock with no way out. the prisone

russia to push more into eastern ukraine obviously they're not going to try and kick the russians from crimea and i think they've basically drawn a line and this is something the congress has wanted to do for a while even the republican congress president obama resist this but president trump now as i say given people like general mattis this is something he s. support but work for russia for for quite a while so basically they're drawing a line in there saying that they will not allow any further incursions into into ukraine after crimea the russians may have interpreted the fact that we didn't arm the. eastern ukrainians there for quite a while that they could continue to reform and instability this is not an area but i think this is and if you do this going to be a heavy price i won the match i do think the next global milestone to watch out for is what happens in the u.s. congress in february in terms of that sanctions decision. what congress does we'll have a big effect on whatever policies donald trump wants to adopt and the rest of the world is watching from far as to what is going on

having a sort of external enemy the amec sation of crimea was punished as russians see as russians see it by western sanctions and it was condemned worldwide but here it's widely seen as putin standing up to the west and kind of russia standing against the rest of the world and that's a rather popular narrative that putin could use cynically speaking at least in in his election campaign if he decides to run a mill a sure win with the latest from moscow thank you hundreds of migrants stranded in libya on their way to europe have been evacuated home to nigeria the u.n. is stepping up efforts to fly migrants out of the country amid an outcry over reports that many are being sold into slavery those arriving in nigeria have some harrowing tales to tell. relief to be on home soil again. arriving back in nigeria hundreds of migrants repatriated from libya there their dreams of reaching europe were promptly cut short many were imprisoned tortured and sold as slaves by smugglers. you didn't lock you in the room you hardly eat rice nor. do you need. to keep. the morning when you see three days i

external enemy as already in some ways works for putin if you take the example of the annexation of crimea that was widely condemned internationally there were sanctions and here is seen by many people as putin kind of standing up to the west not cozying up and surveys show that a lot of russians are very proud of the kind of this move to as they see it take back crimea so this could be a blessing in disguise in disguise for putin's election campaign when he announces it presumably soon and will a sure win in moscow thank you. you're watching d.w. news still to come on the program him it is the first black woman to win britain's prestigious turner prize. and the oldest at the age of sixty three we'll take a look at our work. but first it is time now for a business with monica johns and we are asking the question what is the strongest currency the dollar the euro. and it goes from strength to strength it seems on stoppable the cryptocurrency surpassed twelve thousand dollars this morning it's now hit twelve thousand five hundred and thirty dollars soaring from less than one thousand dollars

the same with crimea. putin before he went to crimea, he was increasing his statements , that we cannot accept the station and was watching what is happening in europe and america. and when there will be no reaction, for the first time after the agreements, there was changing of the borders. have a russiane , if russia decides he can control the sea. it is very dangerous. we have good relations with the russians. it does not matter. for the first time we have a station. kes -- hezbolama becomes part of the army of iran, and america is watching. i don't remember it. i remember very bad station. that russia could change their presence in a dramatic way in america was another way accepting it, that is what is happening. our prime minister will never say it because he tries to be very friendly with the russian president and the american president. doingmpromise you are when you're in politics. i think it is a very dangerous station which is happening with hezbollah, iran, russia, with america watching. >> time

as a spoiler to involve his campaign she herself sides with the opposition saying for example that crimea is ukrainian did hit the campaign trail with so shocked to find out is she a kremlin stooge or a crusading outsider. that sonya subtract is doing the rounds in rostov on don here in this part of russia south life is very different to that of subjects home city of moscow the economy is sluggish poverty is rife subjects' says she wants to change that i want to see innovative russia full of yarnell businessman who are really create industries in russia because for all those years with the best oil prices recorded grade one single industry which would be the best in the world laughing i'm not proud of that i want another kind of russia sub jack is well known in russia having spent many years as a socialite and reality t.v. star now she has reinvented herself as a serious political journalist her candidacy in next year's presidential elections has shocked many subjects as she's standing to challenge president putin. but i see that you have to be brave to get involved in politics in russia

fighting started in eastern ukraine soon after russia annexed ukraine's crimea peninsula.n says more than 10,000 people have died in the conflict. andrew plant has the story. in the war—torn east of ukrainian, carried on buses, hundreds of prisoners are headed home, some after years of captivity. more than 300 people, in one of the biggest prisoner swaps since the ukrainian conflict began, the first such swap in september last year, arriving with no belongings, shivering in temperatures close to freezing, but glad to be finally free. translation: i am very happy that i am going back to ukraine, and i thank everyone for the work that has been done to be able to see my loved ones again. translation: i want to believe people are tired of all this. they must find strength to engage in a dialogue, because without that, we will be in a deadlock with no way out. the prisoner transports arrived in the early hours in the east of ukrainian. it happened watched by tight security. ukrainian armed forces on one side, on the other, the russian backed eastern militia. the conflict began

a line and they're saying that they will not allow any further incursions into into ukraine after crimea the russians may have interpreted the fact that we didn't arm the. eastern ukrainians there for quite a while that they could continue to a four man instability this is not an area but i think this is and if you do this going to be a heavy price i wonder machar and you think the next global milestone to watch out for is what happens in the u.s. congress in february in terms of that sanctions decision who. what congress does we'll have a big effect on whatever policies donald trump wants to adopt and the rest of the world is watching from far as to what is going on the confrontations over ukraine interesting to watch. and no diff who are all between two big powers on whose neighborhood should be infiltrated by that kind of thing so the sanctions if they come how much effect with there. have to be compared with what has happened before dissensions stop something from being done if a particular countries is determined to do whatever it is that it is well to do and short of exchanging big

is is information warfare. —— behaving in crimea.e. —— behaving in crimea. is is partly a page for more investment in the naval fleet?“ so, he was not doing it very well. is this partly a pitch for more investment. we already know that it needs more money for equipment already altered. the fall and the value of the pound closed at that. if you look at what you need to cover this activity, the uk has 700 killer submarines. unique anti—submarine warfare forgets, we have eight of those, one is usually looking for russian submarine activity. we don't have any maritime patrol aircraft. we rely on nato allies. this is notjust a problem for the allies. this is notjust a problem forthe uk, he allies. this is notjust a problem for the uk, he is saying this is an issue for the will of the nato alliance. clearly the uk must do more. the whole of the nato allies. how would one disable this? would it be an explosive device? we do both. in the past, cables have been broken by accident. anchors, fishing nets, something like that. in the early 70s,

channels she's raised to boost subjects on state television like russia's illegal an accession of crimea such freedom of speech is rare in russia until now sonia subject had only experienced something similar when working for an independent t.v. channel as a presenter there she interviewed alexei navalny the prominent opposition politician is also running against putin in the presidential elections. critics accuse sub jack of trying to weaken around the end the russian opposition as a whole she refutes that claim saying she shares move on these values. i don't see a lot i know but that the authorities want to muzzle no volley they'll do anything to prevent him appearing as a politician but he's there and he's working hard to spread his ideas their ideas that i support. yet many suspect that subjects' candidacy was approved by the kremlin she knows putin personally and their families are friends critics say that's what's allowed her to ask uncomfortable questions both as a reporter and as a potential presidential candidate subject insists she's working independently she says she knows she

well, i mean, crimea is probably very unlikely.astern ukraine, at some point in time, i think he's going to realize that this is costing him a lot in a whole host of different ways, not just the direct cost of sustaining these separatists in the so-called donbass region in the southeastern part of ukraine, but also what it's costing him in terms of sanctions, especially at a time when he's getting less than half of what he used to get for a barrel of oil and less than-- much less than he used to get for natural gas off the pipeline to europe as well. so he's in a bind. his worst nightmare is that people will get ideas from the arab spring or from some other event around the world where the people finally get fed up with an autocrat. in his case, arguably a kleptocrat. because he and his cronies are obviously siphoning off certain amounts of their revenue as well. well, let me ask you about this. it is reported by many people that the russians probably interfered or tried to interfere with our recent presidential election. i don't t

i never anticipated they would attack crimea or the donbass in the eastern ukraine.i'm reluctant to say, "well, they would never attack lithuania. they would never attack latvia." >> reporter: using a term not heard much since the cold war, nato says it wants to "deter" russia from even contemplating an invasion. the goal: make that prospect look painful, with significantly fewer nato troops. >> i was a lieutenant here in 1981 in germany. about 300,000 soldiers in west germany when there was east and west germany. today, we have 30,000 soldiers. our task is to make that 30,000 look and feel like 300,000. >> reporter: the nato exercises are just the most recent in the tit for tat of exercises on both sides of this conflict. in september, russia conducted what may have been its largest military exercise since the collapse of the soviet union, fielding tens of thousands of troops. what was your takeaway from from those russian exercises? >> frankly it's that they're not as good as they say they are. who hasn't seen the picture of the accidental rocket launch at the v.i.

for example the invasion of crimea, the invasion of ukraine, the decision to interfere in the americanction, again, what he saw as the c.i.a. and:'s involvement in the leak of "the panama papers" which was a big dossier from a law firm based in panama that helped very rich people hide their ill-gotten gains, and a lot of kremlin people were caught up in it and implicated in it, including putin's own family. so he was very angry, and in the spring of 2016 is when he decided to retaliate. >> you mention aid couple of examples putin's aggression into crimea. each this blowback. syria, there's a lot of radicals trying to come back to russia and the f.s.b., the success of the k.g.b., has kind of lost its relationship with u.s. intelligence. is that blowback something that russia and the government and putin kind of anticipated and doesn't care about or these are unintend consequences they have to deal with now? >> i think these are unintended consequences, and the problem with them is that it then makes russia or putin do more things to kind of fix the damage incurred with the first move. f

sanctions dating back to march 2014 and there have been countless statements and ceasefires, but crimeasupporting the violent separatists in eastern ukraine. this could be a move in the right direction. there is a risk and that is that this turns this provides to ukrainians. and russia is backing the other. >> on that deputy foreign minster, they said the decision to sell anti-missile weapons to ukraine crossed the line. is there concern that the russians will use the fact that the weapons will go over to the u crape as an excuse to be more aggressiov aggressive? >> they are saying the u.s. crossed a line to the ukrainians when they impeded a sovereign country and are supporting separatists. they are the ones who crossed a line. i think that the russians will use this step as an excuse for other aggressiove behavior. many try to put the blame on the united states to cover up illegal behavior. i think it was earlier today or yesterday say that the un security council resolution against north korea was an act of war. it is just another excuse. >> samantha, thank you so much for your time

secretary of state rex tillerson has said russia's occupation of crimea which the u.s. wants to return to your grain is a major stumbling block in relations between moscow and washington the issue that stands in the way is ukraine. we can have differences in other arenas in syria we can have differences in other areas but when one country invades another that is a different set it's hard to look past. or to reconcile and we've made this clear to russia from the very beginning that we must address ukraine it saying it stands as a single most difficult obstacle to renormalizing a relationship with russia which we badly would like to do he blames russia for continuing violence in the done yet region the trump administration decision marking a reversal from barack obama's resistance to supplying lethal equipment deal crane i think it's not logical and size zero. zero. zero zero russia. or. rival. segments of the public. wants so. anybody russia's response a warning that the u.s. decision will embolden key have in the conflict and only increased the use of force tom ackerman

and indeed the european union have stance onrong annexation of crimea. we have continuing, low-level conflict in the eastern part of ukraine. imposed inere response to russian policy. this is a major obstacle to the improvement of relations. how do you think the issue can be resolved? amb. anatov: you have raise so many questions. we need to hours more. -- two hours more to would like to disagree. i do not want to waste your time to explain the russian position on the issue. explain the russian position on the issue. there was a vote organized by the people of crimea, and by the way, who other sanctions of the -- for whaton purpose i am on the top list? we have secret information from that i run russian troops and had taken one of the towns .f ukraine and because of my failure, you say we did not seize the tower. you can check it. , i have to beion put on the stop list. i'm diplomat and everyone knows what i have done. i was responsible for international relations and military relations between defense and other ministers, defense of various countries. i

mum we've had tense relationships of services poisoning of alexander litvinenko and then you had crimea the cancellation of a previous trip by borisjohnson. the cancellation of a previous trip by boris johnson. in the cancellation of a previous trip by borisjohnson. in a way it is progress that he has gone there, and despite the fact that there is this open exchange of disagreement and boris is raising issues like lgbt rights, deliberately making this points to the russians, i think he had to do these things, you can't pretend that there are not differences but i think the russians would understand probably that there are those differences and we are going to say that. but maybe there will be a bit of progress towards getting some sort of co—operation. if you look elsewhere in the world, sanctions against north korea, not down to us but the russians have come on—board there soap engagement, sometimes if it does not very friendly, underlying and there can be progress towards getting better relationships and better working together which is maybe what we ultimately want. as look at the fr

she has criticized corruption, called the annexation of crimea illegal and believes russia should joinin the meantime, she plans to use her platform took call for greater democracy. i asked how she expects the electorate to take her seriously given her past. >> the most awful things were done. to take someone with irony is a good thing. sometimes it's better to be underestimated in win later on. >> she says she is in the game for the long haul. amy kellogg. fox news. >> doug: pope francis is praying for peace but warning of the winds of war. here is kate logan. >> it was a christmas message of peace. pope francis called for a two-state solution in the middle east. >> translator: on this festive day, let us ask for peace for jerusalem and the holy land. let us pray that their will to resume dialogue may prevail between the parties and that a negotiated solution that can finally be reached. >> in bethlehem, christians attended mass. fewer people have celebrated this year, put off by clashes. there was calm in the west bank today. the pope will be hoping his words are heated. in the u.k.,

and then of course, the russians were supporting the process from the region and crimea. there will be significant bloodshed in ukraine. hostilities have increased over the last couple of weeks. but it is russia who is at fault. they're trying to impose a modern-day version of the doctrine were they really limit the sovereignty of the nations and the former soviet union. >> and i have said very clear that they believe is russia has provided the truce and the tanks of course that they need this missiles corporate senior russian diplomats make the argument that arming the ukraine, the united states raises the danger in the presence of peaceful settlement and ukraine. where were we on the peaceful settlement process? >> wasn't going anywhere. one might make the argument that by providing these antitank weapons, we are showing the russians that we have some skin in the game. we are supporting a democratically elected government in ukraine. and there may be any hope for some sort of peace settlement maybe this will help drive it. but ultimately think the russian endgame for uk

ations haven't worked and with merkel has supported sanctions and in particular over the question of crimea which russia has illegally enix to simon the cease fire agreement was signed in two thousand and fifteen ahead of the festive season and since then we've seen little in terms of peace in the region is there any hope that this week's agreement to revive it can last any longer well anglo-american has been expressing that hope in these phone calls with president poroshenko today and with latimer putin just yesterday and the eight that that hope is sorely needed you know ten thousand people have been killed in this conflict there are more casualties reported every day and as i said the military situation on the ground in the east of ukraine at the moment is worse than it's been for some time on political correspondent simon young there thanks very much. just a day after election as in catalonia it's still difficult to judge exactly who won pro independence parties took a slim majority but the party of x. catalan president carlos push mall is not the largest in the new parliament that hono

vladimir putin invaded georgia in crimea in eastern ukraine, pressure the baltic states all over the last nine years. the intelligence community of the united states that publicly, about a year ago, vladimir interfered in our 2016 election and there's no question that the russian government is trying to cut the right seats down to size and limit our power in the world and that's a second factor. we will also examine technology because the technological military edge that we have had in the qualitative edge we had is being narrowed, not just by powers like china but also by the fact that countries like north korea now have the ability to cyber technology to penetrate deep into the heart they have a sony corporation into the database of the united states government. this challenge to us global leadership is also from within and we have a major debate that is reflected on our conversation this summer as it trump came to office with an american for point of view in the police and we had five members of the term administration with us at our conference this summer we were happy to have fi

new tools today, but i think that "post" article is quite right in saying it was the incursion into crimea, sort of a mixture of cyber and special operations and propaganda and psychological warfare and little green men that really showed the russians for the first time vividly. >> do you think this administration, the trump administration, understands that and are showing that threat seriously as we go into 2018 and possibly 2020? >> no, i do not. i think there are some nation efforts underway, but frankly, there are a lot of things we could be doing. the europeans are way ahead of us in understanding this problem and in doing something about it. lots of examples. the eu, for example, has a committee that's exposed about 2,000 fake russian documents. we have nothing like that going on here. so in terms of our administration, frankly, until the president himself clearly articulates that this cannot go on, says so to the russians in a very direct way, and directs our government to do everything it can to combat this, i don't think we're going to pursue this with the energy and the vigor it

she has said things like the crimea attic extension was against international law. that is very customer -- controversial. that is one to watch so far. her campaign has not said anything on social media about this newest news. >> that is emily reported for us in moscow. ; staying in moscow, at least four people have been killed, others injured after a bust out into a busy pedestrian underpass. moscow authorities have ruled out terrorism and have detained the driver of the bus for questioning. >> cctv footage shows the bus leaving the side of a busy multilane highway and plunging into a pedestrian underpass near the metro station. several victims were crushed beneath the wheels as the vehicle careened down the steps. emergency services rush to the scene to recover the bus, there is no evidence so far of any terrorist involvement. >> there are probably technical and human factors in play, the state of the road cannot have been a factor, it was clear. >> it is not the bus driver may have lost control of the vehicle because of a problem with the handbrake, police held h

of giving aid to ukrainians even since like 2012, 2013 when this all began and the annexation of crimeaa statement from arizona earlier today. i'll read a little bit from that statement. he said president trump's decision to provide javelin anti-tank munitions marks another significant step in the right direction and sends a strong signal that the united states will stand by its allies and partners as they fight to defend their sovereignty and territorial integrity. the decision is years overdue. as vladimir putin continues to s sow instability in ukraine and ru russian-led forces escalate their deadly attacks, it could not come at a more important time. when president trump was on the campaign trail for the 2016 election, there was some concern that he would, you know, possibly recognize crimea as russian territory. he said he would consider it. there was fears that he might lift sanctions against russia that the obama administration posed against ukraine. but i think this is evidence that's not happening. in fact, i think this is a little bit of a, you know, kind of tougher line towar

sobchak call the annexation of crimea was illegal and believes russia should join the e.u.ak called putin out on this thinking alexey navalny should be allowed to run. in the meantime, she plans to use her platform as candidate to call for greater democracy in russia. she expect the electorate to take her seriously giving her party girl passed. >> the most awful thing inos our world -- sometimes to take someone with irony is a good thing. sometimes it's better to be underestimated and win later on. >> sobchak has got time and she says she's in the game for the long s haul. in moscow, amy kellogg, fox news. >> doug: thank you, amy. pope francis is praying for peace but warning about the winds of war. that tops are looked tonight as the christmas season around the world. here's reporter camille logan. >> it was, and always, a christmas message of peace. speaking from the balcony looking over st. peter's square, pope francis has called for a two state solution. >> lets ask the lord for peace for jerusalem, the holy land. let's pray the resume and will for dialogue resumes betw