chandan tsawwassen air adviser on economic diplomacy for china's foreign ministry welcome to the show it is great to have you with us so there is an announcement that they meeting between president trump and president c. has been postponed sort of invoke the scream parallel where they had no a summit or a triumph basically walked away from a done deal is this a hint that the u.s. china tog south progressed about as much as those between washington and pyongyang . the biggest difference is that. both beijing and washington at the working level the there has to be a very substantial and very solid discussions almost on the every detail of those deals including a lot of a controversial issues so i think that at least at the working level both sides are working even much more substantial in to reach a very substantial progress so in that regard i think that you know if there are some are still there some leave some room for the uncertainty but i think that it is a reason for the optimistic that the both sides would reach deal and finally so does having a deal agreed that trump can support

chandan tsawwassen air adviser on economic diplomacy for china's foreign ministry welcome to the show it is great to have you with us so there is an announcement that a meeting between president trump and presidency has been postponed sort of in this parallel where they had no way a summit or a triumph basically walked away from a done deal is this a hint that the u.s. china tog south progressed about as much as those between washington and pyongyang the biggest difference is that. both beijing and washington at the working level the there has to be a very substantial. very solid discussion so almost every detail of those deal. including a lot of controversial issues so i think that at least at the. level both sides are working even much more substantial into reach a very substantial progress so in that regard i think that there are some are still there some leave some room for the uncertainty but i think that it is a reason for the optimistic that the both sides would reach deal finally so does.

russia's capital city this is our international my names you know mail and welcome our top story the venezuelan foreign ministry is accusing the united states of orchestrating and celebrating an ongoing power outage in the country said to be the worst in decades electricity stations are shut shower of thursday evening bringing public transport to a standstill the power supply is gradually being restored in some parts of the capital this is the cmon bowl of our international airport in caracas where all flights have been suspended opposition leader the interim president one. government is to blame well the u.s. pointed the finger at two years of corruption and investment. venezuela's defense ministry has called the outage an act of sabotage i mean i guess. it will be after all we have seen after the statements from the spokesperson of the north american empire and those who support them here no one can be so naive to believe this is a random event it is an attack on our homeland. it cannot be normal that fifty percent of the hospitals do not have electric generators and the other fifty are better able to operate

welcome this is r.t. international. russia's foreign ministry has accused the u.s. of treating latin america like a colony the comments come in response to washington's claims of russian military interference in venezuela on the quarter explained. this weekend gave way to a big hype over russian military planes appearing in caracas they were carrying cargo and around one hundred military personnel from the russian federation now we've seen russian the russian foreign ministry's explanation for their presence there now and they're suggesting that there was nothing illegal or clandestine about it saying that it was all within the bounds of international law and the military technical agreement they've had with the venezuelan government since two thousand and one now the move to send what moscow calls military advisors to venezuela sparked serious criticism from washington who is now pushing for regime change in the country now mike pompei on monday said that this move seriously increased tensions in the region while national security advisor john bolton said he would

reporter: chinese foreign ministry supports the lawsuit. some senators welcome it.enator marco rubio said on twitter, can't wait until discovery phase so i world can see how they cheat, steal and spy for the government of china. huawei hired a well-known washington law firm. back to you. melissa: gary, how big of an impact with huawei is having on the trade deal sore strategically set up for the reason? is that why we're having a fight, is that a stick or maybe shows how serious the government wants to be? i don't know. how do you see the whole thing fitting together? >> a couple different factors going on. i think any lawsuit will fail. you will not go any judge is not going against what congress has said. that is good. i think it is good publicity for the chinese saying wait, the u.s. is being unfair. to your bigger point i think this is detriment al to the trade talks. this comes down to a matter of honor. like saying the chinese treating. no counttry will take that. even though they most likely r i think this puts any trade talk on the rails now. melissa: does i

welcome, sir. also predominantly with the foreign ministry, he served not just as deputy foreign minister, but also deputy minister of defense. he has a background particularly in strategic arms control he has and since 2017, been moscow's man here in washington. it is a deep honor to welcome you, sir, to the stimson center, and thank you for making time to do this. mr. antonov: thank you very much. i would just like to say a few words. first of all, it is important for us to be together today, ofing into account the shape russia-american relations. it seems to me that it is wise to sit together, to speak to each other, trying to understand where we are and what should we or weether we are enemies are rivals, whether we are partners are friends. let's try to understand who we are and what should we do make our worldo more stable, and what should we do together to increase security for the sake of the united states of america as well as for the sake of the russian federation. >> very good. that is a great segue. i think it is an understatement, of course, for anyone in the room to hear that the curr

and here in the russian capital not uncommon bright welcome to news from our team this saturday morning the venezuelan foreign ministry is accusing the united states of orchestrating and while in venezuela people calmly handled the consequence is electrical sabotage the entourage of donald trump was celebrating and joining with guilty perversion the suffering of the venezuelan people a few weeks ago the mature regime blamed for causing a large electric group blackouts we have now received the first video of what caused not unprecedented nationwide blackouts in venezuela where there is poses bring nothing but darkness. electricity stations across venezuela shut down during the thursday evening rush hour bringing public transport to a standstill the power supply is gradually being restored in some parts of the capital what you saying here is the international self declared interim president says the media are governments to blame while the us pointed the finger at years of corruption and under-investment venezuela's defense ministry that was called the outage an act of sabotage by the united states. after all we have se

welcome you watching r.t. international with me making our top story this hour russia's foreign ministry has accused the u.s. of treason in latin america like a colony the comments come in response to washington's claims of russian military interference in venezuela r.t. still a quarter has more. we can give way to big hype over russian military planes appearing in caracas carrying cargo and about one hundred military personnel now the move to send military personnel to venezuela sparked serious criticism from washington who has been pushing for regime change in the country mike pompei on monday stated the move is increasing tensions and national. security advisor john bolton said he won't tolerate any foreign countries in the u.s. his backyard prompting a pushback from moscow united states will not tolerate whole style foreign military powers meddling with the western hemisphere's shared goals of democracy security and the rule of law the venezuelan military must stand with the people of venezuela top u.s. representatives who failed to change the lawful regime in caracas partly thanks to russia's steadfast

the kremlin and the foreign ministry not saying nothing, the foreign starting at $15 a month, no contract. all with nationwide coverage... tracfone. for moments that matter. . >>> welcome we're following breaking news this afternoon. u.s. attorney general bob barr will not be giving principal conclusions to congress today on the mueller report. it has been a long road for this investigation. here is cnn's jason carroll. >> two years, we've gone through this nonsense, because there's no collusion with russia, you know that better than anybody, and there's no obstruction. >> even before robert mueller's appointment, it was clear what donald trump thought of the russia investigation and those responsible for it. >> the entire thing has been a witch hunt. >> january, 2017 -- >> he has become more famous than me. >> classified documents are presented to president elect donald trump at trump tower by then fbi director james comey. the documents include allegations that russian operatives claimed to have compromising information about trump, from that explosive beginning came an early setback for the new administration, as questions are raised about attorney general jeff sess

regional stability the israeli prime minister welcomes the move and thanks donald trump and surprisingly syria has a very different view its foreign ministry said trump decision changes nothing and the syrian people will do whatever it takes to reclaim the golan heights where says foreign ministry also condemns the proposal saying it would violate u.n. resolutions and germany and france say they are opposed to any unilateral measures we ask people on the streets of damascus what they think of trams move to recognize the golan heights as israeli. trump's statement is meaningless to the syrians because the truly chits mysie of the land has been clearly stated by the united nations the syrian people will not surrender. on syrian territory we will not give it up because of what we. hear the trumpet ministration is trying to help netanyahu in the upcoming election. well so us two middle east experts about the shift in u.s. policy on the golan heights they told us it's a breach of international law it seems that donald trump now is the spokesman for netanyahu and he is intervening in the israeli election and he would like to win this election so

welcome back u.s. diplomats have seventy two hours to leave venice we let cording to the country's foreign ministry it comes as the political crisis deepens there following the national assembly stamp of approval for opposition leader one why do the clear a state of emergency mr why do insist that is necessary before he can request international aid the country is grappling with an ongoing power block humanitarian crisis president maduro sees the power cuts are the result of cyber attacks by the united states i think that his government is working to solve the issue he claims to saboteurs were. courts trying to damage i draw electric dam on monday an investigation on the under way meanwhile one god all say's outside help would be appreciated. if this catastrophe needs to be addressed immediately no we cannot turn our heads elsewhere no we cannot abandon our people and you are in the states you have the right to protest you have the right to demand you have the right to raise your voice you have the right to protest for your relatives you have the right to go out to the streets and demand our rights it

the israeli prime minister welcome the move and thank donald trump and surprisingly syria has a very different view of its foreign ministry said trump decision changes nothing and the syrian people will do whatever it takes to reclaim the golden heart golan heights russia's foreign ministry also condemned the proposal saying that such a move would violate a number of un resolutions germany and france said they're opposed to any unilateral measures as well the analysts we spoke to had concerns about trump proposal and the precedent that would be set by recognizing the golan heights as part of israel. it seems that donald trump now is the spokesman for netanyahu and he is intervening in the israeli election and he would like netanyahu to win this election so i wouldn't be surprised when he meet him in the white house next week mixed with the i think you will give him a huge prison which is the mission of the israeli civility or. totally cynically breaking all the international rules and international law i mean there isn't the whole one in the world i guess who has any doubts about the legal status of the golan herds the go

and regional stability israeli prime minister welcomes the move and thanks donald trump and surprisingly syria has a very different view its foreign ministry said trans decision changes nothing and the syrian people would do whatever it takes to reclaim the golan heights. russia's foreign ministry also condemns the proposal saying such a move would violate a number of un resolutions and germany and france that they are opposed to any unilateral measures wealth to middle east experts where the situation could lead. it seems that donald trump now is the spokesman for netanyahu and he is intervening in the israeli election and he would like to win this election so i wouldn't be surprised when he meet him in the white house next week next which is the i think you will give him a huge prism which is the mission of the israeli sovereignity or. totally cynically it's breaking all the international rules and international law i mean there isn't the whole one in the world i guess who has any doubts about the legal to start to sort of the golan heights they would have heights is an occupied territory no doubts about this and here comes an american p

foreign ministry. he also served deputy minister of defense. he has a background particular ly in strategic arms control issues and since 2017 he has been moscow's man here in washington. it's a deep honor to welcome you, sir, to the stimson center and thank you for making the time to do this. >> thank you very much. i just would like to say a few words. first of all, it's very important for us to be together today. taken into account the shape of ru russian, american relations. it seems to me that it's wise to speak to each other, try to understand where we are and what should we do whether we are enemies or we are rivals, maybe we are partners or friends and let's try to understand who we are ask what should we do together, how to make our world more stable and what should we do together to increase security for the sake of the united states of america as well as for the sake of the russian federation. >> very good. that's a great segue for us. i think it's an understatement for anyone in the room to hear that the current state of u.s./russia relations is under dure duress. we had disagreements on many issues as well. but whether it was over strategic arms control or any of the other issues then

welcome, sir. the ambassador himself has had a 30-year career quite coincidentally. with the foreign ministry. he served not just as deputy foreign minister. but deputy minister of defense. he has a background, particularly in strategic arms control issues and since 2017, he's been moscow's man here in washington. it's a deep honor to welcome you, sir, to the simpson center. and thank you for making the time to do this. very grateful. >> thank you very much. i'd like to say a few words. first of all, it's very important for us to be together today. taken into account the shape of russian-american relations. and it seems to me that it's wise to speak to each other, try to understand where we are and what should we do. whether we are enemies or we are rivals. maybe we're partners. or maybe friends. and let's try to understand who we are and what should we do together. how to make our world more stable. and what should we do together to increase security for the sake of the united states of america as well as for the sake of the russian federation. >> very good. well, that's a great segway, ambas