mr. lavrov: you cannot strengthen something you don't have. they do not have a mandate to verify this section. this reflects the consensus with the position of the eu and the security council, that the changes to any part of this consensus requires support from all members of the five plus one and iran, of course. i am convinced, as are our colleagues in europe, that any attempts to do so can put an end to these talks in terms of the iranian nuclear program. >> very good sir. >> can you say two words about yourself? it works. it works. >> i am a retired military officer from pakistan. >> that is impressive. [laughter] >> the best part was still to come. in my own days, i handled some very complicated affairs. nowadays, frankly, i am in the business of peacemaking. no longer re-armament. but a possible disarmament. my question was about the stumbling blocks. you have referred to them. which are coming in the way for nonproliferation regime to achieve its core objective. usually on such occasions, one has heard very often, we hope it will happen

mr. lavrov agreed to answer another few questions. >> thank you. when speaking a few weeks ago, it is not enough to work and at the level of administrations of russia and the united states to maintain arms control, but to also work with the congress? what is your view? >> i would say that the number of players needs to be even greater. the number of actors needs to be greater. when we talk about the issues of nonproliferation and strategic stability, it is not just for eign ministries. it is also done together with the ministers of defense in russia. also federal securities services are involved. certainly, it depends on how our interests are presented in the package we are proposing. and of course, the action of the parliament depends on that. i see the administration of the u.s. president trying to work with parliament with her congress. we see parties that try to use the congress to create unsurmountable obstacles for the american administration. as long as these negotiations, talks continue, i don't think we will receive any specific reaction f

mr. lavrov agreed to answer another one or two questions. >> thank you. when speaking two weeks ago, -- said it is not enough to work at the level of administrations of russia and the u.s. to maintain arms control, but to also work with the congress. what is your view? mr. lavrov: i would say that the number of players needs to be even greater. the number of actors needs to be greater. when we talk about the issues of nonproliferation and strategic stability, it is not just foreign ministries that present the reports to the president. it is also done together with the ministers of defense in russia. also federal securities services are engaged in that. certainly it depends on how effectively our interests are represented in the package we are proposing. and of course, this reaction of the parliament depends on that. i see the administration of the u.s. president trying to work with their parliament, with the congress, and we see the parties there that try to use the congress to oppose the president and create unsurmountable difficulties and obstacles to t

be able to help the two countries find common ground and you may wonder what's in it for russia mr lavrov the deputy house told journalists that it will be much easier to sort out issues or even conflicts in the middle east if there is understanding or at least a certain level of trust between saudi arabia and iran and this brings us to why i said challenging task in the first place saudi arabia is a sunny islamic kingdom which heavily relies on its ties to the west the very countries that once put iran and i see. iran is a shia islamic republic which has the top with russia and china the spat between the two countries has even been labeled the middle east cold war the two powers are fighting for geo political religious and economic dominance there they both accuse each other of supporting terrorists and when it comes to diplomatic ties well there hasn't been any ever since january twenty sixth well if russia's initiative works and riyadh and tehran find themselves at one negotiating table somewhere in russia this could turn out to be one of the political outcomes of the first ever visit

mr. lavrov agreed to answer another few questions. >> thank you. when speaking a few weeks ago, it is not enough to work and at the level of administrations of russia and the united states to maintain arms control, but to also work with the congress? what is your view? >> i would say that the number of players needs to be even greater. the number of actors needs to be greater. when we talk about the issues of nonproliferation and strategic stability, it is not just for eign ministries. it is also done together with the ministers of defense in russia. also federal securities services are involved. certainly, it depends on how our interests are presented in the package we are proposing. and of course, the action of the parliament depends on that. i see the administration of the u.s. president trying to work with parliament with her congress. we see parties that try to use the congress to create unsurmountable obstacles for the american administration. as long as these negotiations, talks continue, i don't think we will receive any specific reaction f

mr. lavrov as usual those are pretty strong he says the breakup of the iran nuclear deal would be an alarmingre international security system, including the situation on the korean peninsula he also says there is no alternative to the political dialogue on north korea nuclear problem, and he's calling for the support of the russian chinese road map on settling the north korea nuclear crisis >>> shares in a krshker solutior higher despite a fall in new orders aker says conditions were improving and it was in the market for several key projects. with you are joined by loui louis arojo, where do you see bright spots coming from >> despite the drop in volume, we also see underlying markets in the third quarter this was due to strong execution in our global improvement. in terms of bright spots, it's a global trend, especially when it comes to brown field, and that's where we have one of the largest capabilities >> what do you think this is down to? because we've seen that move higher when it comes to oil prices, particularly in brent over the last couple of weeks or because of break even costs ar

mr. lavrov, will give a condemnationover the proposal very eloquently -- of the proposal. i don't think they'll immediately withdraw their proposal for peace keeping. peace keeping process is very interesting, by the way. soon after this crisis broke i and a few colleagues met with russian scholars, unofficial discussion on how to politically resolve this question. the putin proposal that we're kind of tentatively welcoming now bears a very strong resemblance to some of the ideas that were suggested at that meeting. what happened? we came back to find a mccarthyist manifesto denouncing us arguing that we had negotiated on behalf of the ukrainian government. that's absurd. i'm an academic. i don't negotiate on behalf of countries. but i'm glad to see that this dipmatic thing is on track. i think the diplomatic solution is the only solution. i think the greatest threat to ukraine is whether the reforms will go forward in a robust and significant way, and there are people like anders here who can speak to that. so, matt, that's your answer with a little bit of my own time tac

are two usenet yarran now joins us live with more days well hi there that you so what did mrs that again lavrov have to say. well and surprisingly kate the present the press conference earlier today the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov was posed questions about the only going fight against islamic state in of our can steer ia and also has a particular emphasis on the recent liberation of the syrian city of rocker iraq which was liberated just days ago had been under siege of islamic state for about four months acted as the stronghold of eisel in syria and also the headquarters in the country now on saturday the us president donald trump boasted that the u.s. had done more in the fight against islamic state in the polish nine months than to his administration there have been under barack obama in recent years and he also touched upon what might be the next role of the u.s. in syria and he curiously spoke about quote a political transition that honors the will of the syrian people now it's curious because this is news to the syrian government they have an authorized any political transition