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following the story for us from joining me from central moscow good afternoon to mood at what did mr kissling have to say then about those interactions and about that claim that the pair discuss the lifting of sanctions. well he says that he's still shocked and indignant over all this attention that's been devoted to his to his meeting with flynn he asks since when a diplomats forbid an from engaging with politicians with members of an administration that is after all their entire job with regards to this to this talk this conversation between himself and mr flynn says that they talked about straightforward things pressing concerns but simple ones such as terrorism for example there were no secrets mentioned he says regards the sanctions and by the way it was sanctions there potential talk of sanctions that really forced mr flynt to resign mystic is that says you had very direct orders from the top not to mention sanctions. you should know me as much i do not comment on our daily contacts with our colleagues and i had instructions not to discuss sanctions we never discuss sanctions with anybo

what did mr kissling have to say then about the interactions and the big claim of course that the pair discuss the lifting of sanctions well before we get to those interactions i'd like to bring up a prudent rhetorical question that mr he said since when diplomats for from interacting and talking with members of an incoming administration he says that's the job of diplomats every diplomat wants to get in to get into contact with the potential you know election window and see what the what their views are on the world so there was there was that with regards to mr flynn in the meeting they had he dismissed all of those allegations he said that they talked about the simplest things such as terrorism and you know basic things like that things you see and hear every day in politics there were no secrets mentioned that these the russians didn't bring any coding to mr according to mr kiss like in fact he went further he said that there was no talk at all of sanctions that the russians don't consider sanctions a subject that they could new google sheet about. i do not comment on a daily conta