i'm very glad to see that the minsk agreement has been started.this is the only alternative to discontinuation of the war in eastern ukraine because it was very important to stop people from dying in eastern ukraine, and we just need to see this crisis through. unless the minsk agreements are fulfilled and the european union cannot unilaterally cancel the sanctions. however, the sanctions and their fine tuning should always correspond to the level of fulfillment of the minsk agreements. i believe that europe has to stay unified, should not allow its division. and it's not easy for some of the european countries, including the czech republic, because a great number of czech companies have economic interest in russia and we export a lot of products and services to russia. in fact, those companies complain, businessman complain, the business community complains. however, europe needs to maintain a unified approach on this matter. mr. eisen: not unlike the united states expanding its attention to asia, you, yourself, have just welcomed a state visit f

i'm very glad to see the minsk agreement is been started. this is only alternative to discontinue ages of the war in eastern ukraine because it was very important to stop people dying in eastern ukraine and we need to see this process through and unless the minsk agreement fulfilled by european union can not unilaterally can sell the sane shuns. -- sanctions. the sanctions and fine funning should correspond to the level of the minsk agreements. europe should stay tunedfied and should not allow division. it is not easy for european countries including the czech republic because a great number of czech companies have economic interests in russia and we export a lot of is services to russia. those companies complain, businessmen complain, business community complains. europe needs to maintain a unified approach on this matter. >> not unlike the united states expanding its attention to asia, you yourself have just welcomed a state visit from china and. i think the economic opportunity in asia offer somewhat of a safety valve for you and for euro

but later on my glands started swelling and i was sent to minsk for an operation. was my birthday. i'd just turned 17. >> i cried a lot. when they sent him to minsk for the operation, they told me he had to have a tooth removed. i only found out the actual diagnosis later, that it was cancer. facebok-insert bei 02:43 >> almost half the people living in the contaminated zone have been diagnosed with cancer. inga vanzonok was spared at first. in the city, her family had access to products containing iodine which help protect her thyroid gland. but a month ago, she was informed she had a malignant tumour and had to be operated on immediately. now, inga vanzonok says she's feeling better again. but she has to take thyroid hormone supplements every day, and she runs the risk of developing various complications. >> here is my scar. it's four weeks old. >> every young person here has to be prepared to undergo an operation like that. >> but i never thoug it wouldn't happ to me. >> ocourse, we dutiful tried to eat products contning iodine, uit and seafood. but itas all in v

and as i referenced in the report, there is the minsk group which was formed after the ceasefire to bringring sides to the table. but the problem is -- and that, of course, is expected to reconvene next week. the problem is, that neither or mean i can't or azerbaijan has really shown much willingness for compromise. and also i should add, that those people, the officials, the government, is not party to those peace talks. and the armenians certainly see that as an important step forward in the resolution without their participation, azerbaijan doesn't recognize that republic, but without their participation it's very difficult to see at least on the armenian side how there could be a peaceful resolution and this military -- militarization has just continued at a pace over the past 20 years. >> all right, robin, for now, thank you very much. following the situation there around the region for us. he's there in the armenian capital. ♪ ♪ >>> it's just hours till a highly criticized deal to send refugees back to turk friday greece comes in to force. greek state media says more than 700 will b

but we need to keep sanctions in place until russia fully implements the minsk agreements that we've worked so hard to maintain and provide a path for a political resolution of this issue. and ultimately, it is my fervent hope that russia recognizes that true greatness comes not from bullying neighbors but by working with the world, which is the only way to deliver lasting economic growth and progress to the russian people. now, our collective security rests on a foundation of prosperity, so that brings me to my next point. the world needs a prosperous and growing europe, not just a strong europe, but a prosperous and growing europe that generates good jobs and wages for its people. as i mentioned before, the economic anxieties many feel today on both sides of the atlantic are real. the disruptive changes brought about by the global economy unfortunately sometimes are hitting certain groups, especially working-class communities, more heavily. and if neither the burdens nor the benefits of our global economy are being fairly distributed, it's no wonder that people rise up and reject g

live up to his obligations under the minsk agreement. that is what you test. my job in diplomacy is to try to take what someone says and test whether it is something real. especially when you are looking for an outcome that is structured and peaceful and productive. likely have to find some road that is not perfect. but that finds a way to get there. in the case of president putin, he says that he is prepared to be a part of the solution with respect to syria. everybody doubted whether russia would play any constructive role whatsoever with respect to the cessation of hostilities. we got a cessation of hostilities. notwithstanding. because they play a positive role. that, weadn't done would not have an agreement with iran. not have gotten a chemical weapons deal out of syria. they would be in the hands of my soul today. today. the job is not yet done. there is a difficult road ahead. this could crumble very easily. the opposition may decide they are not serious about a transition. ♪ assume that it works. the nuclear deal continues to hold. would that be the cr

but we need to keep sanctions on russia in place until russia fully implements the minsk agreements that chancellor merkel and president hollande and others have worked so hard to maintain, and provide a path for a political resolution of this issue. and ultimately, it is my fervent hope that russia recognizes that true greatness comes not from bullying neighbors, but by working with the world, which is the only way to deliver lasting economic growth and progress to the russian people. now, our collective security rests on a foundation of prosperity, so that brings me to my second point. the world needs a prosperous and growing europe -- not just a strong europe, but a prosperous and growing europe that generates good jobs and wages for its people. as i mentioned before, the economic anxieties many feel today on both sides of the atlantic are real. the disruptive changes brought about by the global economy, unfortunately, sometimes are hitting certain groups, especially working-class communities, more heavily. and if neither the burdens, nor the benefits of our global economy are being f

relations with russia but we need to keep sanctions on russia in place until russia fully implements the minskthat have been worked so hard to be maintained and provide a path for political resolution of this issue. and ultimately, it is my fervent hope that russia recognizes that true greatness comes not from bullying neighbors but by working with the world which is the only way to deliver lasting economic growth and progress to the russian people. now, our collective security rests on a foundation of prosperity to that brings me to my next point. the world needs a prosperous and growing europe that generates good jobs and wages for its people. as i mentioned before, the economic anxieties many feel today on both sides of the atlantic are real. the disruptive changes brought about by the global economy, unfortunately, sometimes are hitting certain groups, especially working class communities, more heavily. and if neither the burdens nor the benefits of our global economy are being fairly disrupted, it's -- distributed, it's no wonder that people rise up and reject globalization. if there are

an opportunityis processthe minsk to resolve this peacefully. if we can resolve that piece of business, then that clears o ut a lot of the underbrush and suspicion and tensions thavt have existed between the united states and russia. that would allow us to concentrate our efforts more on what's happening in syria. and what is happening around the world. charlie: do you consider ukraine part of the russian spirit of influence? -- sphere of influence? president obama: i do not believe that any sovereign country should be subject in 18th century or 19th-century terms to being a vassal state of somebody else's.. do i think there is a deep historical link between russia and ukraine? absolutely. do i think that russia is going to have some influence on what happens in ukraine? wecourse for the same anway have influence over canada or mexico but there is a difference between that and then financing heavy weaponry that off bigand carves chunks of another country. what i said to him is if we can get that resolved, then there is the opportunity for the un

we need sanctions on russia until russia implements the minsk agreements that we worked so hard to maintainnd provide a path for political resolution of the issue. ultimately, it is my fervent hope that russia recognizes the true greatness is not from bullying neighbors, but by working with the world. which is the only way to deliver lasting economic growth and progress to the russian people. now, our collective security rests on prosperity. that brings me to my next point. the world needs a prosperous and growing europe that provides good jobs and wages for its people. as i mentioned before, the economic anxiety that many feel today on both sides of the atlantic are real. the disruptive changes brought about by the global economy, unfortunately, sometimes are hitting certain groups, especially working class communities more heavily. and if neither the burden nor benefit of global economy is being fairly distributed. it is no wonder people rise up and reject globalization. if there are too few winners and too many losers, as the global economy integrates, people will push back. so all of us

possible movement on the minsk agreement. i can tell you, wolf, i was out earlier today on the streets of moscow here and i was querying people about the presidential candidates and everybody we spoke to here in moscow on the streets likes donald trump. and wants donald trump to become president because they believe that donald trump would mesh well with vladimir putin. both of them have shown admiration for each other and made very positive statements about each other. it's interesting. there's a poll that was done of g-20 nations and in every single g-20 nation polled, people there believe hillary clinton would make the best president except in russia where donald trump is ahead by a landslide. so he certainly has a lot of admirers here and statements like the one today in that speech would certainly do a lot to fortify that position and one of the things the russians have been talking about again and again and again. they feel they're being singled out by the west and the west should drop their sanctions and work more clos

sanctions on russia can and should only be lifted once they fully comply with their commitments under the minsk agreement. tomorrow angela merkel will host our meeting as we discuss the full range of challenges we face together and it will be another remainder of how grateful i am for angela's partnership and how much the united states values our enduring transatlantic alliance including with germany. so, chancellor merkel. >> translator: the first question will come from robert at that rampton with reuters. >> thank you. president obama, you've made the case many times that ttif and the tpp with asia are modern grade agreements that kind of deal with some of the problems or issues that arose with earlier deals, but that message doesn't seem to have resonated the deals are very unpopular at home and there were huge protests here yesterday over the ttip and of course it's a huge presidential issue. president election issue. so what's your plan to realistically advance the deals? is it realistic to say you want to get ttip done by the end of the year and at this point realistically will tpp which

cannot ratify russian aggression in eastern ukraine, but that there is an opportunity through the minsk process to resolve this peaceably and if we can resolve that piece of business, then that clears out a lot of the understood brush and suspicion and tension that's existed between the united states and russia, that would allow us to concentrate our efforts more on what's happening in syria and what is happening around the world as well. >> rose: do you consider ukraine part of the russian sphere of influence? >> i don't believe that any country, any sovereign country should be subject in 18t 18th century or 19th century terms to being a vassal state of somebody else's. do i think there is a deep, historical link betweenussia and ukraine? absolutely, do i think russia will have some influence on what happens in ukraine? of course, the same way we have influence of canada and mexico and they have an influence over us, but there is a difference between that and them financing heavy weaponry that goes in and carves off big chunks of another country. so what i've said to him is, if we can

but we need to keep sanctions on russia in place until russia fully implements the minsk agreements thatchancellor merkel and president hollande and others have worked so hard to maintain, and provide a path for a political resolution of this issue. and ultimately, it is my fervent hope that russia recognizes that true greatness comes not from bullying neighbors, but by working with the world, which is the only way to deliver lasting economic growth and progress to the russian people. now, our collective security rests on a foundation of prosperity, so that brings me to my second point. the world needs a prosperous and growing europe -- not just a strong europe, but a prosperous and growing europe that generates good jobs and wages for its people. as i mentioned before, the economic anxieties many feel today on both sides of the atlantic are real. the disruptive changes brought about by the global economy, unfortunately, sometimes are hitting certain groups, especially working-class communities, more heavily. and if neither the burdens, nor the benefits of our global economy are being fa

and even on matters of foreign policy, it wasn't federal because who negotiated the minsk the greatest with poroshenko. it was european leaders. i think, cities are sort of superficial observation but i think the art deeper problems running through the argument which to me suggests this might not be the best way to frame the discussion. once you start equating sovereign nation-states with democracy and global governance with erosion of limited government is not -- i think you run into all sorts of -- largely unexplained. here's one. how is it possible that so many pro-limited government, pro-market voices have been consistently in favor of restraining national sovereignty in one way or another quick in 1939 he for the outbreak of the second world war von hayek, the dean of the free market movement, wrote a little essay called economic conditions of interstate federation. ended the book he argues that the main problem of 19 century classical -- was it didn't take into account the problems that arise with the lack of a common interstate structure of international security. so you can't r