or ministry of foreign affairs acts in the interests of our country. to guarantee the rights of those who apply for asylum in our country. and respects. the. international agreements have concluded we hope and we believe that all these principles will help our foreign ministry. to be responsible in approaching and solving this issue i think you know what we are. ready to last answer your questions do you have any questions yes think you. got my life in the first question which is quite obvious what's the diplomatic status. on the diplomatic status that mr sands received in our embassy this is an issue that has been discussed for the last few days so this status will give him some kind of mobility i would like to ask maybe a different question. as a citizen of ecuador. and. having asylum in ecuador embassy. is there any discrepancy between these two status as. are the. compatible. divide your question into two into two separate questions. the first was about the status of mr sanders. and the second question. was. how it can be seen as a diplomatic as fr

views appreciate your time my guest dr allan liril former director general of the israeli ministry of foreign affairs thank you again. thank you very much. ok service evening of breaking news let's head to a story that's come out of afghanistan where several people have been reported killed after a group of up to four gunmen attacked a major hotel in the capital kabul witnesses say that there are up to fifteen fatal it is at this point there is no official information yet though on casualties media reports citing officials who say the gunman started shooting at guests the perpetrators reportedly include suicide bombers and some of them are still believed to be inside the hotel security forces are attempting to engage with them as i speak we're also getting reports that there were two explosions in the building part of it being engulfed with fire local journalist blowouts are worried has more . according to an afghan special forces commander from c.r.u. the crisis response unit that's a unit that's trained to fight these sort of attacks there are several attackers there were in the kitchen of the hote

yours support that decision i think it is much too less if you hear the language of the ministry of foreign affairs that they are telling us that they have some concerns that that is much too soft for three c. there is a clear breach of international law it is not allowed that a country like turkey can go into another country and sending tanks c.-r. and so what i expect from our government is first of all saying our nato partners in mission together in syria we should end the german awful armed forces in this mission so you delinquent had its way germany would have nothing to do with what's going on syria at all i think we have one bought this is the united nations security council this is the one organization which can decide if countries could go to another country to prevent a much more so much for us war but the united nations never asked that the german armed forces of the united states are there that turkey is the against international law we have four out of five permanent members of the united nations security council are fighting in this war we have a total mess everyone is against everyon

and it's will be obvious for them that this is a light behinds foreign ministry issued a statement saying the ministry of foreign affairs affirms that this hostile behavior by qatar against civil aircraft has become frequency in recent times and jeopardizes the safety of civil aviation and poses a threat to the lives of civilians. u.s. air force central command based in qatar declined to comment but the timing here is interesting over the weekend qatar filed a new complaint with the united nations over what it called the second violation of kataria space by m r r t jets in recent weeks what's clear is the air blockade imposed on qatar since last june has highlighted issues around how much airspace each country has qatar for example were left with very little air space and therefore they are relying on the overflights the firings and space to be able to fly in and out of the states so it's definitely the spotlight on a potential problem that i'm sure could be addressed and in the outcome of this stuff crisis this latest round of claim and counterclaim comes as part of defense minister is in london to meet his u.k. counte

they say i can speak now to dr alan liril he's the former director general of the israeli ministry of foreign affairs very good evening to you dr the total demented that we're seeing against the syrian kurds do you think this is going to remain largely confined to the north of syria to destroy or in other countries other other factions could there be a chain reaction. difficult to predict how this will develop but i think it will be limited mostly to this region although all the target is to paralyze the turkish forces all along the law the syrian border so it might go deeper into the iraq direction i saw one expression of a senior turkish people that was say will go until the border of iraq but i don't think this is going to happen. just how strong are the kurds in this region and how much support if at all did they have from america who wants call them allies kind of unsure exactly what their relationship is now how much support the u.s. is offering first of all because of the long war in syria the thirty four says gained a lot of territory in the north of syria mostly in the north east of syria. b

remember some ideas i heard in moscow in various corners in our government, as well as our ministry of foreign affairs, as well is the ministry of defense. i explain but i need to say this. we were very much flexible towards western countries. we consider it is very easy to come to a compromise with united states and other western countries. we try to show flexibility, too much flexibility. i explain to you. i participated in various rounds of negotiations at g-8. you remember, there was such a forum. when russia was a member of the g-8. i was responsible for arms control and nonproliferation. i remember, when i agreed with western countries, i was the good guy, smart guy, professional guy. when i started to say let's come to another decision, you said it does not meet my concerns. i need some other phrases in the final document. i became tough negotiator. mr. holloway: that's a compliment. [laughter] amb. anatov: the same situation if i hope many of you know about the situation with arms control in europe. conventional forces in europe, and so on. i don't want to torture you with such formulas. you s

next ambassador of counsellor in charge of international security affairs at algae ya ministry of foreign affairs. a security and counter terrorism advisor to the algeria foreign minister. a career in algeria security. and served previously as ambassador counsellor. to the africa union and the arab league. served as ambassador in switzerland, portugal and -- finally to my left. ambassador who is the delegate general of morocco penitentiary and reintegration. during his tenure as the head of the penitentiary system. he has instituted widespread reform throughout the prison system. he has had a distinguished career in public service and served in numerous positions including chief of staff. to the ministry of interior. and served as ambassador to norway and finland. he started off his career as a university professor in the english department of university. and i have it on very solid sources that you are an excellent teacher. so gentlemen, thank you to all of you for joining us. and admiral, the floor is yours. thank you. >> thank you. ladies and gentlemen, good morning. i would like to th

we have been invited, and our guests at the ministry of foreign affairs. house outside pyongyang last night they made our way to this ski resort to get a look at a part of north korea that most americans don't see and certainly a part they would like us to see. >> martha: so the criticism of this came far and wide and said this was so stage. folks were all basically wearing 1 of 3 different ski outfits behind him. was he basically taken there? >> this is right out to do the north korean playbook. as soon as the pressure gets styled up and they are feeling the heat economically, which president trump has done a good job of doing, and nikki haley, they reach other hand, they engage in talks, and by time, and they turn up the charm. that is exactly what is happening. i would remind everyone to not forget auto warm -- otto warmb, what is happening with -- . >> martha: michael waltz, thank you very much. still ahead tonight, the man who spent decades abusing innocent gymnasts, learned his fate toda today. that is next. >> i ask you to please give this monster t

missing crew members. 32 crewmembers from that iranian oil tanker were missing with the ministry of foreign affairsere in china confirming that one body has been found so far. the immediate concern is going to be the search operations for the 31 sailors, those crewmen that still are missing at this point. a difficult task given that there is a fire on board that tanker that is spraying a lot of smoke up into the air. these are very cold waters where the two ships collided. the rescuers have a difficult mission ahead of them trying to find those missing crewmen. if that's the immediate concern, though, the flip side of that will be the potential environmental impact. i mentioned that fire on board the iranian tanker. we're not sure the status of the fire at this point. but what chinese officials have said there is a concern as a result of that fire, there could be an explosion. and a result of the explosion, the tanker itself could sink. we know that some of the oil on board has already leaked into the surrounding waters. we're not sure how much at this point. but of course if there is an explosion

it's will be obvious for them that this is a lie but hurricanes foreign ministry issued a statement saying the ministry of foreign affairs affirms that this hostile behavior by qatar against civil aircraft has become frequent in recent times and jeopardizes the safety of civil aviation and poses a threat to the lives of civilians the timing here is interesting over the weekend qatar father new complaint with the united nations over what it called the second violation of kataria space by m r r t jets in recent weeks what's clear is the air blockade imposed on qatar since last june has highlighted issues around how much airspace each country has qatar for example are left with very little space and therefore they are relying on the overflights the firings and space to be able to fly in and out of the states so it's definitely the spotlight on a potential problem that i'm sure could be addressed and ending. crisis this latest round of claim and counterclaim comes as carter's defense minister is in london to meet his u.k. counterparts recently caught up placed an order worth nearly seven billion dollars with britain's be a s

on wednesday, norway's ministry of foreign affairs announced it will stop supplying weapons and ammunitiono the united arab emirates, citing great concern over the humanitarian crisis in yemen. the uae is part of the saudi-led coalition that has been carrying ouout airstrikikes in yememen fr neararly three y years. in 2016,6, norway sold nearly y0 million worth of weapons to the uae. meanwhile,e, the u.s. . and brin continue t to supply t the sauds withth billions d dolla wororth of w weapons. the u.s. also provides logistical military support to saudi arabia. the saudi air campaign has killed more than 10,000 civilians in yemen, which is the air worldld poorest country, and displaced more than million. threeamy: in december, doctors without borders said it suspected an outbreak of diphtheria in the country for the first time since 1982, with 28 deaths reported since august. meanwhile, the international committee of the red cross said the number of suspected cholera cases in yemen has reached 1 million, making itit the worst cholera epidemic on record, and the united nations is warning ove

penetrate the country as days without getting prior permission from the country ministry of defense and ministry of foreign affairs they could you know create in this heightened tension created for further escalation by causing country airplanes going and trying to intercept country. military jets when we talk about commercial airliners i think it's up to this point the evidence that has been provided is zero at the moment actually the a morality no commercial yes no commercial airline actually in the emirates has made a complaint about being intercepted by a country airplane so for the information that we've been provided also by the u.s. centcom which is controlling country air space the u.s. forward central command in qatar has not really shown any evidence that country a country military jets were there to intercept. commercial airliners if this is the case and by issuing the statement despite i mean how is the u.a.e. trying to persuade the international community that their version of events is correct because as you say no commercial airliner has been. a member do this interview just what few days ago with a

transfers so i think everything that we discuss from president trump president moon from at the ministry of foreign affairs level as well as mr defense levels we are completely aligned that the maximum pressure campaign is the correct strategy and that everyone made must stick to that. again just as i said in my remarks what is the purpose of the maximum pressure campaign it is intended to cause north korea to engage as a credible negotiating partner in addressing a pathway to a do nuclear as a shield of the peninsula that is the purpose of the maximum pressure campaign so we all are working towards the same go with the same set of tactics. ok and you know let me first of all thank you very much for being here together with the entire south korean delegation there is no country more deeply touched by north korea's actions and more knowledgeable about north korea than south korea and one of the things that all of us have knowledge today was the tremendous stake that south korea has in this issue and i think a very important outcome of our conversation today was that it allowed all of us to show very strong

using this hash tag to inform the public about its objectives in northern syria now the ministry of foreign affairs says that this operation is to quote save brotherly syrians from the oppression and cruelty of these terrorists you can see some of the groups that they're listing here kurdish groups as well as das that's another name for eisel now the associated press was forced to delete this tweet because it repeated a turkish government line that eisel was in fact being targeted but by most accounts that simply not true so the associated press later posted that isolates not known to have a presence in that city but so many it's turkish twitter users especially over the last day or so regardless of the letters or the names that are being used for this group these groups rather they're all pretty much the same you see that kind of message splashed across many turkish newspapers earlier in the day this is the cover of the right wing newspaper hubbert's her which says on the left iron fist to terror and on the rights olive branch to civilians and all the english hash tag has really not had much tract

should go to pump water freely but the restriction underground is still there from the ministry of foreign affairs from the police from the military intelligence from the military from immigration offices if there is a foreign face lending at any airport the first thing that that foreign journalist is going to do is what is your plan for permit to arrive here so this bite what the president had promised things on the ground is not changing at all what we see what does happen certainly in the coming weeks the moment andras have started from human rights watch thank you very much for your time from jakarta. just breaking news as we just mentioned that earthquake off the coast of alaska rob rebels as our correspondent in los angeles you can start a little bit more about the response and reaction from the authorities. hello there's been a. warning and a watch issued by the u.s. government authorities the national oceanographic and atmospheric administration the maumee watch says that there is a warning in effect now for all of british columbia. southeast alaska. and the aleutian islands. from essentia

of the u.k. france relationship not just to our security but to european security serious foreign ministry has told the u.s. to stay out of its affairshis after secretary of state rex tillerson unveiled the trumpet ministrations goals for syria which include keeping u.s. troops in the country for the forseeable future. meanwhile turkish military chiefs are in russia seeking approval for their planned attack on a kurdish controlled enclave inside syria turkey says it will attack the enclave around the city over free in the north east of the country tensions have been stoked in recent days by the us announcement of a so-called border force base the round the kurdish y p g the united nations is calling for the yemeni port of a day that to remain open beyond friday to continue the delivery of lifesaving goods on tuesday the saudi led coalition authorized the ports opening and use of four u.s. funded cranes to help offload the aid over eight million yemenis are on the brink of famine israeli forces have killed a palestinian man and the injured others during a raid in the town of janine in the occupied west bank israeli police were searchi

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of all stephanie decker al-jazeera and. now that syria's foreign ministry has told the united states to stay out of its affairs this softer the secretary of state rex tillerson unveiled the trumpet administration's goals for syria which include keeping u.s. troops in the country for the forseeable future but let's be clear the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring that isis cannot reemerge our military mission in syria will remain conditions based we cannot make the same mistakes that were made in two thousand and eleven when a premature departure from air iraq allowed al qaeda in iraq to survive and eventually morph into isis. it was that vacuum that allowed isis and other terrorist organizations to wreak havoc on the country well it's an important development let's talk more with our senior political analyst bob bashara about the significance of the u.s. keeping its troops in syria what do you make of this development. this is a major departure from both the trump administration strategy or speaking of strategy the last year and it's certainly a major departure from the obama administr

s upcoming exit from the european syria's foreign ministry has told the us to stay out of its affairs after secretary of state rex tillerson unveiled plans to keep u.s. troops in the country for the forseeable future and the united nations is calling for the yemeni port over to remain open beyond friday to continue the delivery of lifesaving goods. israel's embassy in jordan is open again after five months following an apology from the israelis for last july's shooting incident that resulted in its closure two jordanian citizens were killed by an israeli security guard who was allowed to return home on the diplomatic community jordanian state media says they've reached an agreement over the incident and the embassy will resume full operations. a gunmen in pakistan killed two women working on a polio eradication campaign in the southwestern city of sakina bibi and her twenty year old daughter and these were given him you were giving immunization drops to children when two gunmen on a motorcycle shops with them this week pakistan launched a drive against polio across the country. a fire

syria's foreign ministry has told the u.s. to stay out of its affairs this after secretary of state rex tillerson unveiled the trumps administration's goals for syria which include keeping u.s. troops in the country for the forseeable future but let's be clear the united states will maintain a military presence in syria focused on ensuring isis cannot reemerge our military mission in syria will remind conditions based we cannot make the same mistakes that were made in two thousand and eleven when a premature departure from iraq allowed al qaeda in iraq to survive and eventually morph into isis it was that vacuum that allowed isis and other terrorist organizations to wreak havoc on the country rex tillerson there were allowed to zero as a senior political analyst marwan be shot usses this marks a turning point in terms of u.s. strategy. this is a major departure from both the trump administration strategy or speaking of strategic the last year and it's certainly a major departure from the obama administration's assertive in syria and in the greater middl