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ambassador linda thomas-greenfield.get the united states' reaction to the fact israel is also ignoring their calls for a cease-fire. again, she did not answer me. many here are very thtlipped among israel's allies. benjamin netanyahu rushing back now to israel and cutting his visit short. >> our correspondence, thank you very much. anna, talking in terms of diplomacy, what is on offer? we know there is a resolution, there was a u.n. resolution of the series -- security council 1701 meant to absolutely stop all of this. but it feels like the n. doesn't have the possibility, the means in which to enforce it. and we are now seeing this escalation on the ground. >> 1701 is being questioned for years. what that is in very simple terms, after the last war between lebanon and israel in 2006, what 1701 was supposed to do was create a buffer zone. think about the geography of the border, you have israel in the south, lebanon in the north, and a landmark that stretches across lebanon. the idea of the u.n. resolution was has below

ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield, ambassador. thank you so much for being with us as the un general assembly meets this week, the acting prime minister of lebanon has called on all nations, including the u.s to pressure israel to stop what it calls the aggression in that country what's your response to that we have been clear from day one that we do not want to see this war escalate. >> and that is a message that we have given to both sides. but let us not forget that on october 7 when and hamas attacked israel, has bola in support of hamas, started to send weapons across the border into israel. we support israel's right to self-defense. but again, we do not want to see this war escalate. that is the message that president biden is giving to both sides of this conflict. >> it clearly has escalated in the last few days. the tension it's higher than we've seen maybe since 2006 between israel and hezbollah in lebanon. how do you think that colors the meetings in the speeches that will take place? you are over the next few days certa

called it, in principle, something that could work, the us ambassador to the united nations linda thomas greenfield did not make public any details of this or that plan, but we understand that it is probably some other, they say zukrama , that there are four dashes five points, in contrast to those 10 points of the right to peace from zelensky, which we all already know, and at the same time, at the same time, the adviser... of the president's office, podolyak, again confirmed the same positions, that ukraine will not concede any territories and no compromises here. it cannot be, in a word, what we can know about this plan that was shown to the americans, we do not know anything about it yet, maybe you have heard some details, know some details, or have to make some hypotheses, well, at the moment it is known that near five points and directions, primarily military, economic, there are safe for the future, and... it is clear that this plan was already handed over to the americans in this form, so that when our president arrives in america, already there was a substantive conversation in relation to

to what is called in ukraine the victory plan, in the united states of america, thanks to linda thomas greenfield, and the representative at the un, this has already been called a strategy and a plan for victory, because then at the briefing, and on september 17, the ambassador of the united states of america said that we got acquainted with the strategy and plan. they deserve our support too we are focusing our work with the leaders of the heads of state so that they express their opinion and support the proposals of ukraine, and this position was then picked up by the spokesman of the state department , matthew miller, pointing out that the united states had familiarized itself with the documents and pointed out that and strategy and plan deserve. for attention, he supports the position of the representative of the united states at the organization of the united nations. victory plan for roman petrovich, yes. i think this is the starting point for our analysis. we understand that this is an extremely ambitious application side of ukraine. we will hope that the united states will adhere to all p

zelenskyi's victory plan is permanent representative of the united states of america. at the un, linda thomas greenfield says that the president's plan is indeed already on the table somewhere in washington. let's hear what she said. we saw president zelensky's peace plan. we believe it has a strategy and a vision that can be implemented, and we need to see how we can facilitate that by communicating with everyone. so, again, what are we doing here. you, mr. olezh, also mentioned that we hope to achieve some progress, that is, about various international publications that write about what is actually in this plan of victory, lemon wrote today that zelensky hopes to receive an invitation from joseph biden. for ukraine to join nato before the president of the united states of america, biden, leaves the white house. this is part of the victory plan he will present in washington. whether or not it could be part of this grand plan to win, given that it's a difficult enough decision, and biden, if he's going to voice it or articulate it in any way, it's solely, obviously, to play some role in the election cam

so we've had some reaction from the us and bassinger to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield, who says that the united states has consistently been working for almost a year for a cease fire to allow captors to be returned at assistance for the palestinians. and for 11, not to return safely. we also know that the u. s. president joe biden, who is not at the white house as we speak. and in fact is attending a private event up in scratch in pennsylvania. that is his hometown where he grew up. he has been raised on the situation in lebanon, and is certainly abreast of it is continuing to get developments. we presume we will hear more from the white house or from the national security council in the coming hours. but again, the fact that the buying administration has been helpful had been working very diligently on the sidelines of the you and jet little assembly all week with teams of diplomats from the united states working with their counterparts, it from israel trying to de escalate, try to avert a broad. a or middle east conflict now, so only see this kind of rhone in their f

i want to start with a film clip of the us and bastard of the united nations, linda thomas greenfield. let's listen as it stands. they are currently 3 non permanent seats on the security council allocated to african countries on a rotating basis for 2 years. the problem is these are elected seats down in april african countries to deliver the full benefit of their knowledge and voices to the work of the council to consistently lead on the challenges that affect all of us. and disproportionately affect africa as that is why in addition to non permanent membership traffic in countries, the united states supports creating to permanent seats for africa on the council. it's what are african partner seek? and we believe this is what is just about her. she, him, boy, let me ask you on a scale of one to 10. how enthusiastic are you about the proposal that being bassett or has just made? i think it says step in the right direction. however, keeping in mind that this issue has been on the table on going for like you said, it's a 2 years. if we are going to write the wrong way, kind of, we just

adopted in some strong words in particular from the us and basset, or uh, to the united nations linda thomas greenfield, calling on the authorities in an for him, off and israel to do the hard work of diplomacy. and i have sympathy for either side in this case, it's interesting that you say that there is a sense of frustration at the security council. what more can they actually do to influence the situation on the ground? it's it's a difficult situation because the security council 3 months ago endorsed a ceasefire agreement that was put forward by the united states is advocated for the release of all of the captives. and the immediate withdrawal of this really forces from the entire the entirety of the gaza strip. and no progress has been made on that we just turned the us and basset are saying that diplomacy is a slow process that moves forward, but there is growing frustration. we heard that directly from the president, the security counselor this levine in a bassett, or who spoke to press yesterday, saying that there is the feeling that more needs to be done. and if that cease, fire is not met. i

this was stated by the permanent representative of the united states of america at the un, linda thomas greenfield, during a press conference. according to her , this plan has its own risk and strategy that will help promote this plan over time. works of the general assembly of the united nations. at the same time, official washington does not reveal the content of this plan, because volodymyr zelenskyy himself plans to present it next week as part of the session of the un general assembly, which will be held in new york. and by the way, volodymyr zelenskyi will also speak next week the high podium of the debate at the highest level. but it is not yet clear on which day it will happen. i looked at the schedule today, but... there is no schedule as such, although it is already known that the president of the united states of america, joe biden, intends to speak in the framework of the general debate at the highest level on tuesday. september 24th, i'll be following it and you'll be the first to know what's going on in this debate. the secretary general of nato, jens stoltenberg, who has literally t

plan, the permanent representative of the united states of america to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield says that this plan of the president is already on the table somewhere in washington, let's hear what she said. we have seen president zelensky's peace plan, we believe that it contains a strategy and a vision that can be implemented, and we need to see how we can contribute to this by communicating with all the heads of state who will be here in new york. so, again, we hopefully making some progress, that's what we're doing here. you, mr. olezh, also mentioned various international publications that write about the fact that in this plan of victory, lemon wrote today that zelensky hopes to receive from joseph biden an invitation for ukraine to join nato, before that. .. the president of the united states of america, biden, will leave the white house, this is part of the victory plan that he will present in washington. could, could it be part of this grand plan of victory, given the the fact that this is quite a difficult decision, and biden, if he will voice it or somehow articulate

states already even at the level of the official us representative to the united nations linda thomas greenfieldd that the united states supports this plan. let's listen. mercenaries and so on and so forth, the last moment was when it was about long-range weapons and our supreme commander-in-chief formulated our answer very clearly, it became clear to everyone that the situation was already on the brink, so it was hanging for the west, but everyone understands perfectly well that they are already involved in this, ukraine's entry into nato, how will it help ukraine to act in some... the position of weapons will not change in any way, the position of finances will not change in any way, and the recognition that nato countries are ready to get involved in the third world war, only this will strengthen kiev's position, well, it is obvious that neither in in the united states, not in great britain, and especially not in europe, no one is happy with this, yes. he is a well-known figure in that he seems to declare things that are not carried out, but this is also his political position, i know that am

occupied territories, where an active resettlement policy is being conducted, well, yesterday linda thomas greenfieldresentative, lied that americans have always opposed israel's immigration policy, but we know that this is not true, the americans know this. also, let's hear what john mearsheimer and jeffrey sachs think about this. in my opinion, to resolve the conflict in the middle east, it is necessary to create two states, build as high a wall between them as possible, but give the palestinians their rights, establish a palestinian state, stop the massacre of palestinians israelis, then the two states will coexist side by side, but the israeli political leadership is categorical. there is only one country that prevents this, not iran, not saudi arabia, not egypt, not russia. the united states of america. the fact is that iran does not want a war with the united states, and the united states does not want to fight iran, only israel, and specifically benjamin netanyahu, is trying to drag us into this war, because he wants the united states to attack iran, weaken its military potential and, most imp

secretary blinken and the un ambassador greenfield, we want to play a part of your interview with linda thomas greenfield the president of course has made clear that we do not want to see the situation in the middle east escalate. we don't want to see a full- blown war in the middle east so yes, we are concerned about the situation. we have urged the iranians who have been proactively engaged with supporting anti-israel elements that they should cease those actions. but israel has a right to self- defense and we've been clear about israel's right to defend itself should it be direct we attacked by the iranians. >> how concerned are u.s. officials about iran retaliated against israel for attacks on the lebanese proxies and assassinating the leader of hamas. how do u.s. officials feel about the fact that israel's not giving them a heads up, you had the secretary of defense yesterday pointedly saying that they did not know in advance what israel was planning to do. >> that's correct and secretary blinken has said that as well. after the israeli briefing, i raced down to the lincoln news conference, which wa

i want to start with a film clip of the us ambassador to the united nations, linda thomas greenfield. let's listen as it stands. they are currently 3 non permanent seats on the security council allocated to african countries on a rotating basis for 2 years. the problem is these elected seats don't in april african countries to deliver the full benefit of their knowledge and voices, to the work of the council to consistently lead on the challenges that affect all of us. and disproportionately affect africa as that is why in addition to non permanent membership traffic in countries, the united states supports creating to permanent seats for africa on the council. it's what are african partner seek? and we believe this is what is just about search him. boy, let me ask you on a scale of one to 10, how enthusiastic are you about the proposal that being bassett or has just made? i think it says step in the right direction. however, keeping in mind that this issue has been on the table on going for like you said, it's a 2 years. if we are going to write the wrong way, kind of, we just write

from zelensky, and bloomberg writes about this and the us permanent representative prion, linda thomas greenfields, in fact, next week the west will on the one hand discuss that... step, which again, according to the warning of the russian president, and the us understands this perfectly well, will mean the direct involvement of the us and its allies in the conflict, with on the other hand, they will discuss peace initiatives, how one goes with the other, no one explains here, literally, they say that they will discuss both, and it is obvious that for biden this will be, well, let's say, the last attempt, probably, but to achieve some... some consensus and negotiations, but on the other hand, if we look at how the american administration is behaving now, we will see that it is not making any real efforts to end the conflict, because there is no sense here that, that the states have already gone too far or are about to go too far, they continue to support ukraine, they continue to pump it with weapons, so here from the point of view of well, such a pragmatic approach , it is worth expecting that t