of freedom of speech it's very sad speaking to the press this tuesday russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov common to listen to facebook's suspension of several r.t. affiliates it counts including in the now page which originally was a show aired by r.t. and as you heard the minister called the situation and no other example of international pressure on russian media sergei lavrov also said that in such a situation it's best to create conflict all working conditions for foreign media working here in russia and i also had a chance to ask the minister whether he believes there will be any a measures taken in response to this incident and this is what set a gay lover of said just to be honest i'm totally against any retaliates three measures to limit media activities i think the fact that we're not doing that not only shows our resilience but also all strength we are an open society so again lover of also said that he discussed this incident during his negotiations with chairman made us laugh and he drew his attention to numerous incidents of such sort that unfolds russian media mr said that f

sergey lavrov says the united states has asked moscow's advice. quote, in comments carried by russian news agencies today, lavrov said, quote, the u.s. is even asking our advice, our views on this or that scenario, on how the summit in hanoi could pan out. yeah, i bet. it's worked out so well for them before. i should mention also that the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov, the one bragging about how someone in the trump administration has been begging for kremlin advice about what to do with kim jong-un at this summit , that same russian foreign minister somewhat randomly also happens to be in vietnam this week. he happens to be in hanoi. while the trump/kim jong-un summit will be taking place in hanoi. hanoi is lovely this time of year. high 70s, low 80s, cloudy and thunderstorms all week. so be on your toes over the next few days. that is going to unfold over the next few days. actually, it's worth noting, seems like small-balance logistical stuff, a lot may happen and it will take place in the middle of the night u.s. time. we'll have a c

the us state department asked the russian foreign ministry to organize a meeting on tuesday sergey lavrov said the issue of venezuela could come up in the conversation with his american counterpart mike bump out. washington's effets in the south american country and led by elliott abrams his appointment as the u.s. envoy to venice weyler has surprised many given his previous track record in latin america back in two thousand and two abrams was the suspect architect of a coup attempts in fairness whaler while in the one nine hundred eighty s. then a member of the reagan administration he funneled weapons through iran to nicaraguan right wing rebels he was also accused of using humanitarian aid planes to the skies weapons shipments to malicious. assistant secretary of state elliott abrams has defended his role in authorizing the shipment of weapons on a humanitarian aid flight to nicaraguan rebels saying the operation was strictly by the book. we have to consider that trump czar who is in charge of his venezuelan policy right now is elliott abrams who pioneered the strategy of using humanit

administration is making america has already announced that it will be developing new arms and sergey lavrov says that in any case moscow will do everything to catch up with that but the russian military budget won't require new paragraphs for that mr lavrov also called out europe he said that if european states are keen to preserve the international control of arms they shouldn't just follow u.s. orders. we're living in a new era an era which is characterized by u.s. efforts to break the entire system of arms control including the limits of offensive strategic arms and that's a pity. the odd after treaty is another landmark international agreement that they back to the cold war era now i believe that it will be history soon because of the donald trump administration suddenly deciding that it needs to be ditched but that follows many many accusations from the american side that russia is violating the treaty however moscow kept denying that to this day russia remains in material breach of its treaty obligations russia's violation russia has jeopardized the united states' security interests r

this means walling outs negotiations if they're only on japan's tense let's take a listen to what sergey lavrov had to say on the matter. she has told his parliament that he will solve the peace treaty on his own terms frankly i have no idea where he got that notion from neither the russian president or anyone else taking part in the russian japanese consultations has ever given our javanese colleagues cause to say that. so lavrov fair this trusting that russia has and given japan any grounds for such statements but developing on this point lavrov said that on the sidelines of the r.c.m. summit in singapore president putin and his japanese counterparts spoke on the need to speed up talks regarding the peace treaty which if anything chose that negotiations are taking place not on japan's terms alone but on the terms of the document itself based on the nine hundred fifty six joint declaration but let's remind ourselves now that where we are in these talks because since the mid twentieth century russia and japan ended world war two hostilities without a formal peace treaty so the chorale islands a

was speaking to the press this tuesday russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov commented on the recent a facebook suspension of several affiliated to counseling clearing in the now page was was that which was originally a show aired by r.t. and you heard the minister calling the situation another example of international pressure on russian media well i had a chance to ask the minister whether he believes there will be any measure is taking in response to this incident and this is what. just. too good to be honest i'm totally against any retaliates three measures to limit media activities i think if i were not doing that not only shows our resilience but also our strength we are an open society. on the minister also said that he discussed this incident during his negotiations with zero s. c.e. chairman minister and he also drew his attention to numerous incidents of the sort that involve russian media. listen to what you are. the see understands and supports the role of independent media and does its best to create all the necessary circumstances for their existence and has missed a lo

that they believe the russians are in clear breach of this agreement sergey lavrov saying no we're not there is this six month period that's in the treaty if you're going to pull out and you trigger withdrawal then there is a six month period before you actually fill it out perhaps there is the possibility of some sort of negotiation but as i say if you look at the stances both governments are taking both privately and publicly at the moment that doesn't seem to be on the carts and interesting one of the points can believe it was making a report that that the administration is concerned about china's missile capabilities. exactly as i say they have they were a power in one nine hundred eighty seven it wasn't a consideration for the ronald reagan government at that point it was all about dealing with the nuclear threat in europe russia was the main opponent they didn't want to get involved in an arms race and that is why they came up with this deal in the twenty years since we've seen china grew militarily in the asia pacific region the united states would certainly like to move nuclear

. >> and who should pop up in hanoi, sergey lavrov. kelly o'donnell joining us, our white house correspondent, there. the russian foreign minister is in vietnam and we're told from what they're reporting out of moscow, he was asked by the u.s. to help advise on this. that sounds like the russians are now trying to undermine the american agenda as well. >> well, of course there's a relationship between russia and north korea, sort of a shadow diplomacy that may be attempted here. and it's one of the curious things, we were getting some reports about another high profile dignitary arriving at the airport. and we were trying to think who beyond president trump is landing here because chairman kim came by train, a long, long journey. this is a complicated stage play that will go through the next through days where, as you've been discussing, the president needs to be able to claim some sort of victory to move the ball forward. there are real disputes between senior u.s. officials and even the president over some of the terms being discusse

has just been speaking who talked about china's good cooperation with russia and by the way mr sergei lavrovthe russian foreign minister is speaking at this very moment and he too is talking trying to present russia in a way as a multilateral lists and talking about cooperation also with china so a certain irony there beyond that the chancellor as i mentioned talked about the need for a holistic view of human security and she began her remarks by saying that human security our whole point of view on it has changed in this moment in time where we recognize that human behavior starting with climate change but in any many other ways as well has had a fundamental impact on our planet so she said we need measures of cooperation we need all the soft power tools at our disposal diplomacy and others in order to try to address the roots of conflict where they began and with that she specially referred to africa and the vice president on the other hand when he talked about africa he again talked about exclusively. military initiatives they are like the g five military mission in the sun hell so essent

instance the two german foreign minister heikal mass he did travel to moscow he did try to talk to sergey lavrov the russian foreign minister and but the direction was sort of cool we know lover of i mean he's been in the business for decades and he has a particularly sort of. cold smile if you doesn't want to engage through something and somebody and so he. really got sort of the cold shoulder in russia he traveled to washington as we heard he talked to the american administration but he didn't really find any open ears there either so the attempts they are making more or less bound to fail and they know this barbara vessel with the view from back in you foreign ministers meeting in bucharest thanks barbara. let's get a quick check of some other stories making news around the world at least sixty people were killed in monday's attack by boko haram militants in northeastern nigeria that's according to amnesty international the united nations says that tens of thousands of people have fled from the city of ronn to neighboring cameroon because they fear further attacks judges that the internationa

treaty a nuclear arms foreign minister heikal must held talks with russian counterpart sergey lavrov only on the russia's current behavior with the oil and if treaty hints at the negative impact this could have for the security of everyone involved and especially for us in europe we're going to given the crisis surrounding the preservation of the i.m.f. treaty we need greater dialogue between americans europeans and russians of. high level u.s. representatives like ivanka trump are attending the conference. before arriving in munich u.s. vice president mike pence visited the former concentration camp auschwitz on his flight from poland to germany he accused iran of conducting itself with quote the same and semitic hatred as the nazis. the berlin film festival draws to a close this weekend with the jury deliberating over which films will pick up the coveted silver and gold and their awards is a look at some of the films critics favor for the top prizes. just what are these six people thinking many wish they knew just a few hours remain for the jury surrounding presidential yet be nour

treaty a nuclear arms foreign minister held talks with russian counterpart sergei lavrov. only on the first learns about them russia's current behavior with the oil and if treaty hints at the negative impact this can have for the security of everyone involved and especially for us in europe. given the crisis surrounding the preservation of the onion if treaty we need greater dialogue between americans europeans and russians. high level u.s. representatives like ivanka trump are attending the conference. before arriving in munich u.s. vice president mike pence visited the former concentration camp oh schmidt's on his flight from poland to germany he accused iran of conducting itself with quote the same semitic hatred as the nazis. and their place for nonstop coverage of the munich security conference you can go to our website www dot com to see the live stream and updates and of course we will be tracking major news from the conference right here streaming as well on our program throughout the gathering . meantime in other news things prime minister petro sanchez has called

they spoke with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov. >> russia's current behavior at the inf treaty hints at the impact this could have for the security of everyone involved, and especially s and europe. given the crisis surrounding the preservation of the inf treaty, we need better dialogue.e. highghnd letter r -- high -- u. former -- u.s. vice e president mike pence visited the concentration camp auschwitz. on his flight, he accused iran of using the same " anti-semitic hatred" as the nazis. sarah: germany's defense minister spoke about the return of competition between great powers, and distinguished nato's values and interests from other countries values. reporter: the minister and many other people here e in attendane came straight from brussels. the defense minister was heavily focused on the inf treaty, and that is something that europe is very worried about. minister von der leyen spoke about this in her speech. that is something that people very much want to avoid. there are six months left in the waiting. before the u.s. -- in the waiting period before the u.s. formally wi

visit japan where issues concerning the peace treaty and russia are likely to be on the agenda but sergey lavrov says that this shows japan's lack of independence to a certain extent. he also highlighted the ministry union between the u.s. and japan being an important factor which russia and china can send them out and have discussed in japan and russia talked about this on numerous occasions when it comes to discussions regarding the peace treaty most gave us pointed out several times that it wants to boost our relations with take you but discussions regarding the peace treaty require much further work at this stage. the reporting there thanks be company this sunday afternoon we're back again with more news for you in about half an hour. you know world big partisan. and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that mainstream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smart we need to stop slamming the door. and shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now for watching closely watching th

expressed cautious optimism saying he hopes for a breakthrough regarding denuclearization but sergey lavrov also warned that ultimatums would not work. so naturally we are us ultimately lead. us demands that north korea completely eliminate everything related to weapons and only then so that it's kind of sanctions will be trump and kim's second summit last summer they met in singapore in a recent tweet donald trump promised economic prosperity to north korea of pyongyang abandons its nuclear program and added kim will make a wise decision trump also maintained that he would not lift sanctions and must denuclearize this. report now from. perhaps it's still a bit too early to see a from kim get together in washington or pyongyang so once again the organizers opted for somewhere neutral. just by looking at the flag of communist it's immediately clear why chairman kim would certainly feel at home here. as we know the americans have their own special connection to this country but the leaders got in trouble with the vietnamese authorities before they even arrived or rather they're almost famous.

to save the nuclear arms treaty i n f foreign minister held talks with russian foreign minister sergei lavrov of the act. russia's current behavior with the i.n.f. treaty hints at the negative impact this could have for the security of everyone involved and especially for us in europe. given the crisis surrounding the preservation of the oil and if treaty we need greater dialogue between americans europeans and russians. high level us through presents tips like even the trump are attending the conference before arriving in munich us five president mike pence visited to form a concentration camp auschwitz on his flight from poland to germany he accused iran of using the quote same anti-semitic age policy analysis and former commander of the us army in europe he joins us from the munich security conference this evening welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us sir i'd just like to begin by asking you because germany's defense minister ursula funder line she spoke about overturn of competition between great powers and distinguished really nato's values and interests from those

or even taking part in military activity in the country at all now the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov also chipped in on mike pence his comments about this to say . three guards or other plants by countries that are in syria illegitimately especially plans to get even more legitimate players there i don't think this would be helpful. while taking questions from journalists mr lavrov bristled when he was asked about alleged atrocities committed by the syrian government. the follow up question on syria this comes from josh rogin of the washington post how will you view ensure the assad regime stops threatening the region and stops committing atrocities against their own people. well i think you what whatever i answer you will write what you want so do it. away from syria the normal stream to gas pipeline is also being up for discussion here in munich german chancellor angela merkel used to quite a big chunk of her address to the conference to say that she remained committed to the gas pipeline project which will see natural gas pipe directly from russia into germany under the baltic sea

visit japan where issues concerning the peace treaty and russia are likely to be on the agenda but sergey lavrov says that this shows japan's lack of independence to a certain extent. he also highlighted the ministry union between the u.s. and japan being an important factor which russia and china can send them out and have discussed in japan and russia talked about this on numerous occasions when it comes to discussions regarding the peace treaty most gave us pointed out several times that it wants to boost the relations with take you but discussions regarding the peace treaty require much for the work at this stage. so that brings you up to date back again with the weekly top of the next hour don't forget though we've got plenty stories to it a website you can find that. in twenty four you know bloody revolution of you tube clip the demonstrations going from being relatively peaceful political protests to be creasing the violent revolution is always spontaneous or is it you know we hear a pretty meaningless put me in the new bill is that i'm spilling even to the former ukrainian president reca

embroil itself in a costly and drawn out arms race with the west now russian foreign minister sergei lavrov also said that the us has been violating this treaty since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine specifically with its use of unmanned military drones and he also took a couple jabs at the united states m.k. forty one vertical missile launch system used by the u.s. navy now this is been in service since one thousand nine hundred eighty six and it has a ninety nine percent success rate since twenty four to the u.s. is deployed in europe in q four two one missile launches which is suitable for american tomahawk missiles which is a direct violation of the treaty these missile launches. and already to be constructed in poland russia's the friends of the treaty two years ago before the public unsubstantiated accusations against russian suppose that violation of the on the treaty washington had already not only made the decision but to do then started preparing to manufacture a medium and shorter range missiles banned by the treating and the statement read specifically about a us military i

forms of being discussed throughout this munich security conference so far at a number session sergey lavrov was taking questions from journalists and he while in brussels when he was asked about alleged atrocities committed by the syrian government a follow up question on syria this comes from josh rogin of the washington post how will you view ensure the assad regime stops threatening the region and stops committing atrocities against their own people. well i think you what whatever i answer you will write what you will and so do. away from syria the north stream to gas pipeline project is also being up for discussion here in munich in fact chancellor angela merkel devoted a large chunk of her address to the conference to that particular subject she said she remained fully committed to the project also you said that she wasn't prepared to risk her country's relationship with russia over potentially scaling down or pulling out of north stream well one country that particularly wants to see north stream fail is the united states washington hates it because one of the reasons is anyway they w

on syria ahead of this meeting this summit russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has said that the situation in iran the syrian province of the country's north is expected to dominate their agenda and i have to say that the situation there on the ground is rather dramatic right now this is a very vast area in syria's north it's often referred to as the last remaining rebel controlled syrian enclave but the problem is that in the last two weeks it has been a great deal of following step by step to the hands of the jihad is from the front this is a band organization in russia it is considered to be a terrorist group according to the russian side this former affiliated group is now in charge of more than ninety percent of the territory and of course russia is not happy with that and it openly voices its concerns and frustration with the situation in there because turkey is the country that is supposed to secure these regional cordon to previous agreements two days before the. russians defense minister met his turkish counterpart and after the meeting he said that the size of action th

expressed cautious optimism saying he hopes for a breakthrough regarding denuclearization although sergey lavrov did warn that ultimatums would not work. some we're not sure we are u.s. ultimatums will lead. us to months that north korea completely eliminate everything related to nuclear weapons and only then we're going to discuss lifting sanctions. when it will be trumping kim second summit last summer they met in singapore in a speech on sunday night from said he had good relations with. that he would not lift sanctions in pyongyang doesn't arise coming summit is intended to tackle a wide range of security issues. from the host city and. perhaps it's still a bit too early to see a kim get together in washington or pyongyang so once again the organizers opted for somewhere neutral. just by looking at the flag of communist it's immediately clear why chairman kim would certainly feel at home here. the americans have their own special connection but the leaders got in trouble with the vietnamese authorities before they even arrived or rather they're almost famous. anyway with the hot i wrote spin

called message security analyst charles troubridge speaking there and russia's foreign minister sergey lavrov who is attending the conference had a packed schedule on friday russia's top diplomat met the met with the sick secretary general of nato young stoltenberg focusing on european security in light of washington's withdrawal from the i.n.f. treaty later that day also discussed the gas pipeline project nordstrom to with his counterpart from germany heikal mass pipeline has been the target of american pressure with washington going so far as to threaten sanctions against german companies involved trial sure bridge again says the u.s. and europe are increasingly not seeing eye to eye. of course the pipeline project is one of those areas where european and united states interests divert you've got a situation where i think european leaders and i exclude the united kingdom from this because united kingdom of course is planning to leave the e.u. and very much sees itself in partnership with united states rather i think than with its european allies in these issues and so where you've got unite

embroil itself in a costly and drawn out arms race with the west now russian foreign minister sergei lavrov said that the us has been violating this treaty since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine specifically with their usage of unmanned drones for military purposes he also took some jabs at the american a forty one vertical launching system used to launch missiles and it's used by the u.s. navy it's been in service since the one nine hundred eighty six and has right now a success rate of ninety nine percent and now russia's saying that that's actually against the treaty as well. since twenty four teams the u.s. has deployed in europe it's in q four two one missile launchers we trust you to before american tomahawk missiles which is the direct violation of the. launchers are based in romania and directed to be constructed in poland. now some in the russian government are also saying that political mere responses are not exactly enough either the russian ministry of defense said russia needs to take under to undertake some recalibration of their own. three three m. fifty four caliber mis

embroil itself in a costly and drawn out arms race with the west now russian foreign minister sergei lavrov also said that the us has been violating this treaty since one thousand nine hundred since one thousand nine hundred nine with their usage of unmanned drones for military purposes all around the world also had some harsh words for the us as m.k. forty one vertical launching system missile launching system used by the us navy now this system has been in service with the us navy since one thousand nine hundred eighty six and it's now said to have a ninety nine percent success rate when launched and while the us claims its intended for missile defense alone is claiming that it's actually in violation of the i.n.f. treaty. since twenty fourteen the u.s. has deployed to noodle beats in key forty one missile launchers just you to before american tomahawk missiles which is a direct violation of the three to these me so launchers are based in romania and directed to be constructed in poland. now some in the russian government are saying that there needs to be more than just political mirror r

from foreign minister sergei lavrov a phone conversation with u.s. secretary of state on tuesday russia's top diplomat warned washington against any attempt to interfere in venezuela's internal affairs especially using military force to speak not to think assad is professor of history a lot of americans that he's very good evening t.v. go. well the chances that washington will pay heed to what mr lavrov has said. unfortunately i think that washington will continue on its current course of action this is become an ideological issue for them when you have amassed marco rubio you have my home pay all you have mr john bolton and now elliott abrams directing foreign policy in washington sensually taking over the function of the state department we are essentially an embarked on a course of regime change the us has embarked on this course previously since which of us was elected in one nine hundred ninety eight the us assad regime change across three different governments bush obama and now trump and unfortunately i don't think that the pump aoe. minister

say there is a window of opportunity he's going to be meeting with the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov at the munich security conference so what are the chances that they could still revive this treaty. well from the russian perspective nieto probably isn't the right negotiating partner you have to remember moscow sees this as a bilateral issue between the united states and russia basically they say the united states is attempting to expand its power on the world stage and they really need to engage in bilateral talks and they want to try to save the i.m.f. but we've also been speaking to military experts here in moscow and many of them are quite skeptical but the eye enough in general they're saying it doesn't take into account chinese military power you have to remember moscow is very concerned about the expansion of chinese military power on the international stage and they see if there's any real hope of achieving meaningful arms control in the world stage it's going to have to be between beijing moscow and the united states working together that would be an entirely new treaty so

now the russian foreign minister sergey lavrov has reiterated that russia is not looking for a new arms race with the united states this statement comes amid a riot between both countries on suspending a key nuclear treaty. has more on the story. so russia is absolutely not a fan of starting a new arms race in the twenty first century after all saying goodbye to the intermediate range nuclear forces treaty isn't just an immensely serious political statement being made by the donald trump administration america's already announced that it will be developing new weapons and two that the russian foreign minister is saying that in any case moscow's ready to catch up however he's saying that this won't require new budget paragraphs and moscow's military spending. we're not looking for an arms race with the us of course we will react to the threats created by the us suspension of the i.n.f. treaty all the initiatives coming from us are still available but we're not going to chase our western partners to remind them of this mr lavrov also called out europe he says that if the european states a

from the russians we expect to hear more probably from the likes the russian foreign minister sergei lavrov a little later on but clearly the russians aren't happy at all with this ok many thanks for brains the late is that from london well as we mentioned nicolas maduro is refusing calls for a new presidential election in florida we don't accept ultimatums from anyone it's like if i told the european union i give you seven days to recognize the republic of catalonia and if you don't we're going to take measures no international politics can't be based on ultimatums that was the arrow of empires and colonies materials i had strong words for u.s. president donald trump. bought out on a roll stop stop donald trump you're making mistakes they're going to stain your hands with blood and you're going to leave the presidency stained with blood stop bolivarian have the capacity of dialogue and understanding let's respect each other or is it that you're going to repeat a vietnam in latin america that's what i would say and repeat to him. well venezuela's economic crisis has gone from bad to worse d

to save the nuclear arms treaty i n f foreign minister held talks with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov of. russia's current behavior with the if treaty hints at the negative impact this could have for the security of everyone involved and especially for us in europe. given the crisis surrounding the preservation of the oil and if treaty we need greater dialogue between americans europeans and the russians some. high level u.s. troop presents tips like even the trump are attending the conference before arriving in munich u.s. fights president mike pence visited the former concentration camp auschwitz on his flight from poland to germany he accused iran of using the quote same anti-semitic hatred as the nazis. and is very own teri schultz is standing by at the munich security conference for us so terry i just like to begin by addressing something that germany's defense minister ursula founder ly said earlier she spoke about the return of competition between great powers and distinguished nato's values and interests from those of other alliances just walk us through what she was getting o

going to be real in the coming years when the german foreign minister met with his counterpart sergey lavrov in moscow he said that there could be talks on widening arms control treaties to include countries like china do you think that russia could be open to that right now everyone knows that's not possible china is not going to surrender its weapons something years ago russia was saying in zero eight actually that there should be a broader agreement and then there was even in the united nations jar and declaration put forward by america and russia that there should be a kind of international and china said no way and right now russia is not going to go again. china which is for russia is a very important. nation with china and this cooperation partnership. is the more dominant right no nation so no this is not going to work at all now to some of the other stories making news around the world today another democrats has announced his candidacy for the twenty twenty us presidential election would be cory booker is a u.s. senator from new jersey and before that he was the mayor of the city o

russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov recently had a phone call with mike pompei o the u.s. secretary of state now in the phone call from what we understand russia's top diplomat warned washington against any attempts to intervene in venezuela's internal affairs including military intervention which would violate international law now folks will recall that last week at the united nations there was actually a resolution put forward by the united states and survey last spoke up saying that that resolution was essentially a pretext for u.s. military interventionism because the u.s. draft resolution on venezuela is aimed at conceding a planned provocation as humanitarian aid would destabilize the country it might even provide a pretext for military intervention the u.n. security council will never accept this kind of resolution now after that we saw russia put forward its own resolution calling to express concern over the threats of use of force and violations of the territorial integrity of venezuela so it seems pretty clear that russia and the united states do not see eye to

construction of russia's nord stream to gas pipeline to europe is in the spotlight again foreign minister sergei lavrov has called on european business partners to resist u.s. pressure to block the project last month washington's envoy to burden one that companies should stop building the pipeline. new was more than a torturous it is impossible to specify restrictive measures it will always hit ordinary people like in syria iran and north korea and therefore it's necessary to stop imposing sanctions altogether the european union has been infected by the virus of u.s. impunity while the subject of the north stream pipeline was also raised when austria chancellor met president trump at the white house it is the first such state visit by an often leader in thirteen years but the pair weren't exactly thing ita i was peter oliver now explains. the austrian chancellor has given his continued backing for the nord stream to gas pipeline project despite clear objections from the united states sebastian kurtz was speaking after meeting with donald trump at the white house president trump has clearly said that th