in berlin, foreign minister guido westerwelle expresses condolences to the victims' families.confirmed that some escaped harm. >> i can tell you that 12 people were evacuated to safety, including several german nationals. but i must also inform you that two german citizens lost their lives in the attack on the tourist group. >> the foreign ministry has set up a crisis team to investigate the circumstances of the attack. german officials are turning investigations in ethiopia. >> i have sent my liaison officer from kenya to the region. we will also be flying officials from germany -- from germany to the region to provide support to the german consulate. >> the survivors arrived back in the ethiopian capital on wednesday afternoon. the region says neighboring eritrea is to blame for the ordeal. ethiopia regularly accuses its archenemy of supporting separatism groups and says it trained and armed the gunman responsible. >> russia is warning of a catastrophe with the most severe consequences if the west carries out a military strike on iran. the foreign minister also said new sanc

guido westerwelle says he expects a new consensus to emerge by the end of the month. he spoke with the brookings institution. this is an hour and 25 minutes. >> ladies and gentlemen, we will get started right away. he has assured me everything is resolved. the market can rest easy now. i am fiona hill, first of all, i would like to welcome everyone here. the foreign minister, on behalf of the institution, and also the head of the foreign policy program who is not here. you are here. a very large audience. we also have an overflow room. we would like to test -- to say hello to the audience of c-span and the other media outlets. this is a very important speech. we would like to thank the foreign minister for making the time to come and talk to us in between so many important meetings. he is leaving at cocotte -- 12:00. i am going to hand over to the foreign minister for his presentation. he has offered to take a number of questions from the audience. we will try to accommodate as many of you as we can. thank you very much, thank you for joining us. [applause] >> i am de