security and peace in the persian gulf, sea of oman, and the strait of hormuz, could be provided with the countries of the region, and the free flow of oil and other energy resources could be guaranteed, provided that we consider security as an umbrella in all areas for all of the countries. upon the historical responsibility of my country in maintaining security, peace, stability, and progress in the persian gulf region and strait of hormuz, i should like to invite all the countries directly affected by the developments in the persian gulf and the strait of hormuz to the coalition of hope, meaning hormuz peace endeavor. the goal of the coalition for hope is to promote peace, stability, progress, and welfare for all of the residents of the strait of hormuz region, and enhance mutual understanding and peaceful and friendly relations amongst them. this initiative includes various venues for cooperation such as the collective supply of energy security, freedom of navigation, and free transfer of oil and other resources to and from the strait of hormuz, and beyond. the coalition for hope

security and peace in the persian gulf sea of oman, and the strait of her most -- strait of hormuz could be participated in the region of the country. and the free flow of oil and other energy resources could be weranteed, provided that consider security as an umbrella in all areas for all of the country's. upon the historical responsibility of my country in maintaining security, peace, stability, and progress in the persian gulf region and strait of her mole's. hormuz, i would invite all of the countries affected to the correlation of hope, meaning, the peace endeavor. the goal of the coalition for hope is to promote peace, stability, progress and welfare for all of the residents of the strait region, and enhance mutual understanding and peaceful and friendly relations amongst them. varioustiative includes venues for cooperation, such as the collective supply of energy security, freedom of navigation and free transfer of oil and other resources to and from the respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty. viability of international borders. eaceful settlement of all differences, an

and to from the strait of hormuz. and beyond that are gone wrong out of out of me. it's a lot of the coalition for hope is based on important principles such as compliance with the goals and principles of the united nations a mutual respect equal footing you are you know about all about dialogue and understanding and respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty inviolability of international borders peaceful settlement of all differences. and more importantly i want him to fundamental principles of non-aggression and in non interference in the domestic affairs of each other. the presence of the united nations seems necessary for the creation of an international imbra in support of the coalition of hope. that. the minister of foreign affairs of the islamic republic of iran shall provide more details of the coalition of hope it to the beneficiary states. ladies and gentleman the formation of a new security correlation and initiative under any title in the region with the central command of foreign forces is a clear example of interference in the affairs of the re

what whilst we are a carbon based economy the straits of hormuz are essential it is probably the most critical supply line due to the nature of the straits in terms of its vulnerability and the narrow area that all the vessels have to go through we see hundreds of tankers go through there on a weekly basis so therefore with the also the international waters overlapping it is a contested area hence any activity by the iranian national guard the naval division can very easily start to play games that might suit their agenda suggesting that vessels are in their waters and therefore they have influence over those vessels so it is extremely a critical part of the world for the world economy with the oil supplies but is also highly contested so it is it is an area that has throughout in even back into the eighty's been contested and had a focus of conflict and of course in the wake of this incident it did force the british navy to reconsider its strategy for protecting tankers there in that part of the world what more can be done by not only the british navy but other countries to ensure th

becomes an opera star but 1st we start off in iran much of the world's oil supply passes through the strait of hormuz now the conflict between iran and the us is affecting people on the inside and. it's early morning in the sun beating down on the island of moose is relentless there's no natural water source and few other resources for that matter despite that the island has been highly valued for centuries as a strategic location portugal for instance constructed this fortress back in 1507 to control mara team traffic in the persian gulf today the strait of hormuz is once again witness to conflict as the standoff over british like tankers seized by iranian authorities continues a fisherman takes us out into the straight past the island of la rock the iranian military uses the island to monitor the area which includes the narrow passage all ships must pass through to reach the largest oil ports in the region. currently very few international tankers use iranian waters to navigate the strait many fear being swept up in the conflict between washington and tehran and the iranian military is no

of navigation in the suez canal or the strait of gibraltar all of this are together and the danger with us why the asians the international law is that it's destroying international law in general. all the countries that have so far subscribed to this initiative are close u.s. allies there are some reports that israel and potentially even saudi arabia have interest in this proposition do you think the united states can go beyond insuring just the freedom of navigation and use this initiative as a and forcing mechanism for the american sanctions do you have any concerns about being locked physically locked within the sea of a man no we won't be physically blocked because if it comes to that we have the greatest power in the region we are the coastal states no no amount of foreign firepower that comes through this region will be able to change that change only at insecurity but there's usually the passage is a very narrow can they block you know they can be not engaged in a threat to block them the issue is freedom freedom of navigation. energy security should be put everybody you cannot

and free transfer of oil and other resources to and to from the strait of hormuz. and beyond. that. the coalition for hope is based on important principles such as compliance with the goals and principles of the united nations mutual respect equal footing. dialogue and understanding respect for territorial integrity and sovereignty inviolability of international borders peaceful settlement of all differences. and more importantly. 2 fundamental principles of non-aggression and in non interference in the domestic affairs of each other the presence of the united nations seems necessary for the creation of an international umbrella in support of the coalition of hope. the minister of foreign affairs of the islamic republic of iran shall provide more details of the coalition of hope. to the beneficiary states. ladies and gentleman the formation of any security correlation and initiative under any title in the region with the central command of foreign forces is a clear example of interference in the affairs of the region the security zation of navigation is in contravention to the right

leads me to my next question perfectly because freedom of navigation is pressing not only in the strait of hormuz but also in the south china sea and just the other day india together with germany france and the u.k. a voice there and these over the chinese poster there the iranian government has never been too straightforward about its position on the issue do you consider the south china sea part of the global commons well we respect the position of china and we have always wanted. to see stability and tranquility in the south china sea but we believe stability and tranquility in the south china sea can. not be achieved at the expense of china as the stability and security in the persian gulf and c.e.o. woman cannot be achieved at the expense of iraq i sense some equivocation in your response minister and yet as he just sat freedom of navigation is a global come on to commodity i'm sure you genuinely believe that after your interactions unpleasant maritime interactions with a with the brits do you take those few incidents with the seizure of oil tankers as a sort of i won off. event o

an opera star but 1st we start off in iraq and much of the world's oil supply passes through the strait of hormuz now the conflict between iran and the us is affecting people on the moon silent. it's early morning in the sun beating down on the island of hormuz is relentless there's no natural water source and few other resources for that matter despite that the island has been highly valued for centuries as a strategic location portugal for instance constructed this fortress back in 1507 to control mara team traffic in the persian gulf today the strait of hormuz is once again witness to conflict as the standoff over british lek tankers east by iranian authorities continues. a fisherman takes us out into the straight past the island of la rock the iranian military uses the island to monitor the area which includes the narrow passage all ships must pass through to reach the largest oil ports in the region. currently very few international tankers use iranian waters to navigate the strait many fear being swept up in the conflict between washington and tehran and they run in military is no

seized this vessel because it had a number of violations international maritime violations in the strait of hormuz and that's why they seized that the 1st being that it had turned off its tracking devices a 2nd that it was traveling in the wrong direction and 3rd that it came into contact in a small accident with a ship a fishing boat in those waters this vessel has been docked at the port city up on that bus since it was seized and the iranians have said that it has to go through the official judicial channels before they decide on its fate and when it could be released but the 7 crew members of the $23.00 are now free to go is some time in the new future they didn't specify when they would leave the nationalities we don't know yet if the number of crew members on board they are from russia thailand and india nationalities as far as we understand the 7 that have been allowed to leave apparently have been allowed to leave because of humanitarian reasons and they didn't specify what those reasons were specifically so this is where we are with that vessel and of course the seizure of this

a british tank that iran had detained in the strait of hormuz is leaving iranian waters said to him piro departed from the port where it was taken after being seized in july. iran's president is demanding proof from those who claim to run for the attack in saudi arabia he says talks with the us a possible but only if sanctions are lifted he also says don't know trumps moxon pressure tactics working. u.s. democrats are appealing for witnesses to come forward with evidence on donald trump's july phone call with the ukrainian leader trump is accused of pressuring ukraine to investigate his political rival joe biden. now the former british prime minister john major says boris johnson might use what he described as political chicanery to go ahead with a no deal breaks it major fears the prime minister could use an. encountered saw from the queen to override a law that's designed to stop it happening on october 31st he warns that if that route is taken it will be a flagrant defiance of parliament. our correspondent joins us live from outside the british parliament so no war is for prime minist

it does cost more to enter the strait of hormuz at this time. of this concern adds cost to getting oil out of the middle east >> adds cost, does that help your margin when we see the kind of spike in crude prices you are not just shipping crude. you are using fuel to move these boats around >> for us, our very large crude carries are the ones that will be loading in the middle east. for those vessels, the heightened incidents -- for example, the disruption in saudi because they have been able to come back to such an extent and deliver crude from their inventory, there is only a small amount off the market, then they are able to pull from the u.s. gulf, brazil, west africa. that helps our market. >> when you look at the price drive from that region, how does that affect your business on the day to day and the approach towards hedging against price hikes? >> one of the ways we are hedging, imo is coming january 21, which will require all shipping containers to lower sulfur content in order to prepare for that, we are installing scrubbers, that is

effort in the strait of hormuz off the coast of iran so it's taking more of an opposing stance towards iran whereas certainly france and germany have a lot more clout at this moment in time with the iranian regime getting to the mill you were talking about rouhani mentioning building up a rival alliance in the middle east. and that's a rival to what saudi arabia and washington's nexus to this more that's the interesting part of it that he wants to he is asking saudi arabia to join him in this coalition his coalition order to protect the straits of foreign wars it's often in the hand too when he say that just to see countries his mentioning saudi arabia even mentioned and i'm quoting him that you know we are willing to forgive the mistakes that means riyadh basically is riyadh is going to apply and in which way exactly kendriya do anything without the green light from trump and this administration these are very big questions they're absolutely with that is a very interesting concept because saudi arabia and iran are very still political and security rivals here and you ever see them co

of hormuz to keep the straits open and now the additional air defense systems and capabilities that will put in the region will achieve just that correspondent john hendren has more from washington d.c. . present to donald trump has dismissed the prospect of meeting with iran's leader in the coming week that is at the u.n. general assembly meeting where both president trump and hasan rouhani the iranian president will be present president trump told reporters at the white house nothing is ever off the table but i have no intention of meeting with iran but trump secretary of state mike pompei was spoke on american television sunday morning saying diplomacy was working he said we do want a peaceful resolution of this that is our objective all of that follows rising tensions after the u.s. blamed iran for an attack on saudi arabian oil infrastructure that crippled that country's production the who the rebels in yemen have taken credit for that attack but the u.s. is still blaming iran as is saudi arabia president trump will be at that meeting even if he does not talk with rouhani there

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so i am going to send your forces to the gulf of or most to the strait of hormuz. we are sometimes losing translation due to language yes so i would repeat my question would india is india going to stand its neighbor forces to the strait of hormuz from the gulf to the indian ocean. where there persian oil is going for. india's history is there for the world to see it in force. the maximum. contribution india has made a lot of contribution to peace and has taken part in peacekeeping forces are today. independent india has not. done anything of this kind it just true that during the 1st and 2nd world wars which was neither our edge and our nor our mission in 2 world wars india has. contributed one and now to 450000 people who've lost their lives during these wars india has never really associated itself with trends of this kind however. it is concerned of our energy security we are quite we have been quite dependent on iran for our energy security but most recently the problems that have been faced in that region we are trying to ensure that we do not face side effec

for help the british marines impounded the ship but it was passing through the strait of gibraltar the spanish foreign minister said the arrest came after a demand from the u.s. to the u.k. . but on 15th of august gibraltar released the vessel it's sail into the mediterranean a few days later after being renamed from grace one to adrian daria one then came the carrot we've all had one of those emails i'm writing to you with good news what might you expect a surprise not true when perhaps a huge inheritance from a long lost royal family member in africa well that's exactly the email that the ship's captain received but this wasn't the regular spam for the junk folder this came direct from the state department. this is bryan hook i work for secretary of state mike pump a 0 and serve as the u.s. representative for iran the offer millions of dollars for captain kumar to dock his own tanker in a u.s. friendly port that would allow it seizure by washington after the possibly confused captain failed to reply a 2nd e-mail hit his inbox the tone now less friendly with this money you can have an

like the old tanker 2 months after detaining the vessel in the straits of hormuz. demonstrators rally in hong kong to condemn the government for detaining protesters plus. the government seems intent on whipping up to. a former british conservative prime minister warns boris johnson could trick his way into forcing a no deal brick sits. and i'm santa how most with the sport live from dell has a lethal stadium where the opening advent of the world athletics championships get underway in just under half an hour but the highlight of friday's schedule is the other night math and along the bill has waterfront. demonstrators have taken to the streets of egypt calling for president sisi to step down and protests have spread to various cities these pictures are from anti-government protests just outside of cairo cafes and shops open shots and football matches councils as security is tightens across the country well pro-government counter-demonstrations of also taking place just outside cairo right script say more than 2000 people from last week's demonstrations are believe

iran has released a british tanker that it detained 2 months ago in the strait of hormuz the seizure of the stayner impair over in july further escalated tensions in the gulf i said because our report from terror on. more than 2 months after being captured by iran's revolutionary guard the british flag tank istana in peril has now left the iranian port of blunderbuss tracking data shows the vessel has set a new destination for ports sheet in the united arab emirates iran accused the tankers crew of violating international maritime regulations its seizure was seen as a retaliation for british marines detaining an iranian super tanker off the coast of gibraltar to. iran is accused of attempting to deliver to syria in violation of its use sanctions against the regime the rename tanker was released last month and despite iran's reassurances to a british court delivered its cargo to syria the release of the stern imperio is being seen as an attempt to ease tensions in the gulf and some say may be intended to make european leaders more receptive to iran's reposes for a new peace plan that'

a british flag ship that iran detained in the strait of homos is leaving arabian waters 2 months after it was seize. i mean parker this is al jazeera live from coming up. here is a cover. if you have us democrats search for anyone who may have evidence the president tried to get ukraine's leader to investigate his political rival. so those words don't mean much for me. the u.n. investigator who probed the shorties murder dismisses the saudi crown prince's comments saying he's to blame for the killing plus. i'm on the richardson of the world athletics championships in doha the 1st time since 2003 the event ones have you saying on the start line. the british tanker that iran had detained has now on the move and leaving iranian waters the sterner imperial has started transmitting its location for the 1st time in weeks its owners say they'll comment further when they're all trying to reach is international waters the stand imperial left. port where it was taken after being seized in july according to the reuters news agency the ship has set its destination is put rashid in the united arab

of hormuz to keep the straits open and the additional air defense systems and capabilities that will put the region will achieve just that. palestinian israeli parties are recommending benny gantz for prime minister over benjamin netanyahu and a break from precedent the israeli president is holding talks with rival political leaders aimed at choosing the next prime minister now neither prime minister netanyahu nor his main rival dance could muster enough seats from majority government in last week's election climate scientists are sounding the alarm in a new report on the state of our planet and serve you the 5 year period ending $29000.00 is said to be the hottest ever and that arctic summer sea ice has declined as a range of 12 percent decade over the past 40 years. tens of thousands of indian americans have filled the stadium in texas to see indian prime minister narendra modi who's been joined by u.s. president donald trump the event dubbed how do you modi is billed as the largest gathering for any foreign leader visiting the us hong kong police have fired tear gas to disperse pr

the tanker was seizing the strait of hormuz shortly after one of iran's tankas was held in gibraltar as a bay has more now from tehran. the british flag was seized by iran's revolutionary guard back in july iran says the seized a tanker in the strait of hormuz for alleged maritime violations including turning off destructive devices to avoid iranian forces and colliding with a fishing boat many people saw it as a retaliation for the seizure of. off the coast of gibraltar by british royal marines that taken place 2 weeks to the job role to hide accused iran of violating sanctions and said that that tanker was on its way to deliver oil to the syrian regime that iranian tank was released back in august but has since been seen on the coast of syria at the time of the seizure of the state in peril it had increased tensions between the united kingdom and iran and included states both sides accusing each other of acting illegally and the united kingdom has since joined the u.s. naval coalition that the united states says is to protect freedom of navigation in the gulf earlier this month ira

the tanker was seized in the strait of hormuz shortly after one of iran's tankas was held in gibraltar the pentagon is deploying a battery of patriot missiles for radar systems and 200 troops to saudi arabia to boost the kingdom's defenses that follows the attack they have on the world's biggest oil refinery yemen's who the rebels of claim responsibility for those airstrikes but washington blames iraq. u.s. democrats are accusing president trump of a cover up after a sense of version of the whistleblowers complaint was made public the demo the memo details how trump tried to persuade his ukrainian counterpart to investigate his rival joe biden the whistleblower says white house officials tried to conceal politically sensitive information about trump's phone call with a lot of me as a landscape the chairman of the house intelligence committee adam schiff is accused of sacrificing national security for personal gain yesterday we were presented with the most graphic evidence yet that the president the united states has betrayed his oath of office betrayed his oath to defend our national s

will release 7 crew members who were detained when a british flag the oil tanker was seize in the strait of hormuz in july meanwhile iran's deputy foreign minister says the country would return to the nuclear deal commitments but only if it receives $15000000000.00 for all cells the deal was proposed by france in a bid to salvage the accord hurricane dorian is moving towards the southeast united states after hitting the bahamas as a category 5 at least 7 people died there more than a 1000000 people in the u.s. have been ordered to evacuate to safety. at the 5 individuals that were transported to new programs 2 has already said. that it take their number of deaths to 7 and again i want to assure. and in. that. expect there to be recorded one of the world's largest retailer says it will stop selling our munition military style weapons across the u.s. wal-mart had been under pressure to change his policies after a series of mass shootings those are the latest headlines on al-jazeera inside story is coming up next. the u.k. is reportedly considering using drones in the gulf region the area h

states naval coalition the united states says is to protect the freedom of navigation through the straitof hormuz where about 20 percent of the world's oil passes through now by her in the united kingdom strait a part of that but also saudi arabia the u.a.e. have joined that president rouhani said that he has an alternative plan that he wants to present to the united nations show your job ali we're going to present a plan at the u.n. so that iran in collaboration with regional states is able to maintain security in the persian gulf the strait of hormuz and the sea of oman to the world that the presence of foreign forces can cause insecurity for international waterways maritime movements in energy security but our approach will create solidarity unity in coordination with the countries of the region has said we've heard even in leaders message to the outside world but what about to the many and people what are they telling them. well as you said there was a lot of military hardware on display and it's also to show the people here in iran that iran is not a soft target people here are not

al-jazeera a reminder of our top stories this hour a british tanker that iran had detained in the strait of hormuz is on the move and it's leaving its waters stana impera departing from the port where it was taken after being seized in july. the u.s. is deploying about 3 or patriot missiles for radar systems and $200.00 personnel to help boost saudi arabia's defenses the reinforcement is in response to an attack earlier this month from the world's largest oil refinery in the kingdom. u.s. democrats are appealing for more witnesses to come forward with evidence around donald trump's july phone call with his ukrainian counterpart the president has accused whistleblower of pressuring ukraine into investigating his political rival joe biden. a un investigator has dismissed comments from the saudi crown prince mohammed. the crown prince but how many bin salman has spoken publicly for the 1st time he said he's blamed for the death of journalist jamal khashoggi but didn't know it was going to happen but agnes said saudi or thought have stifled her investigation. reports from new york. she spent

of hormuz to keep the straits open and now the additional air defense systems and capabilities that will put in the region will achieve just that well our correspondent john hendren is live for us in washington d.c. john we had pump a a call these around code attacks an act of war just days ago and now he's changing his tune. that's right and to pump a i was talking much more about diplomacy now as you mentioned when when this all happened he called it an act of war that had the american people and people around the world concerned that there would be a military retaliation by the u.s. but that's not what we've seen from the trumpet ministration what we've seen is them sending hundreds of troops to buttress the air defenses of saudi arabia and now you've got mike pompei talking about diplomacy the president on the other hand has been a little more reticent president trump said to reporters today nothing is ever off the table but i have no intention of meeting with iran and that's at the united nations general assembly a meeting where both he and his son rouhani of iran will be prese

power was seized by iran's revolutionary guard back in july iran says the seized the tanker in the strait of hormuz for alleged maritime violations including turning off its tracking devices to avoid iranian forces and colliding with a fishing boat now many people saw it as a retaliation for the seizure of the rain tanker off the coast of gibraltar by british royal marines that taken place 2 weeks earlier the 3rd to the job role to how you used iraq of violating e.u. sanctions and said that that tanker was on its way to deliver oil to the syrian regime that iranian tank was released back in august for has since been seen on the coast of syria at the time of the seizure of the state in peril it had increased tensions between the united kingdom and iran and included didn't like to state both sides accusing each other of acting illegally and the united kingdom has since joined the u.s. naval coalition that the united states says is to protect freedom of navigation in the gulf earlier this month iran released 7 of the $23.00 crew members of the sterner in peril u.s. democrats are accusing pre

the british oil tanker seized in the strait of hormuz by iran 2 months ago has left the iranian port where it and its crew had been detained istana impera was taken by iran's revolutionary guard 2 weeks after an iranian tanker was seized by britain was released in august. saudi arabia says it will start offering tourist visas for the 1st time the ultraconservative kingdom will open itself initially to vacationers from 49 countries as part of a leadership push to diversify its economy away from oil. this is d.w. news from but you can always find the latest headlines that's d.w. dot com or follow us on twitter. god help us is up next with that day w business i'll be back at the top of the guy i'm going to. be w.'s talk show strong opinions clear positions from international perspective. saudi oil fields are all loaded powder to us is a ryan came close to wiping the fuse coming up on to the point which will discuss the gulf crisis another threat it poses the president trumps real life he joins us . right now. in 60 minutes on the c.w. to. the funny adventures of the famous naturalist an

the kurds strait gives the only access to ukrainian ports in the sea of as of. but it's now largely under russian control and tensions in the region are high. in july this russian tanker was seized by the ukrainians who said it had been involved in the capture of their sailors the russian crew were later released president putin had been pressured by the european union and the united states to release the sailors an international tribunal had also ordered russia to immediately release the men and their ships the kremlin refused. several of the men were reportedly moved from labor camps in different parts of russia to a single jail in moscow ahead of their exchange with russians being held in ukrainian prisons all russia seize control of crimea 5 years ago after sending in troops it's also still backing separatists in a war with ukrainian forces in eastern ukraine more than 10000 people have been killed since the fighting began 5 years ago. ukraine's new president little me is the linsky says he wants to revive peace negotiations with russia he's been courting eu

the second to ensure the free throw of commerce through the strait and third to make sure we protect the order and try and convince the iranians to get back on the diplomat path. >> the deployment of these kind of assets can take days and weeks. should we expect more immediate response from the united states? >> the united states has a robust presence in the gulf already. we bolstered it further in may so we feel quite confident in terms of our own defensive posture and ability to do anything else. but that's not where we are. we're focused on helping the saudis improve the defenses of the infrastructure. >> last question. >> you've mentioned that the international community should get involved but some allies have questioned whether the attacks were launched -- will you declassify any evidence that show they were launched from iran? and the time line? >> first, the united states is on the ground in saub the saudi arabiaance -- saudi arabiaance are leading so we need to let that play out and the evidence play out. with regard to the partners and allies first i would commend secretary

we had a circumstance where the hostilities became more intense between iran and saudi across the straits of hormuz and you had an interruption of the export flow of persian gulf crude both the raining on and saudi i think you'd see sharply higher oil prices and i think you'd see less confidence in the region both in terms of saudi production and iranian production on a global scale i think that would be very difficult for the remco offering and i know that well now a roll of toilet paper over i'm going to be shot at a lot of $320000000.00 in an authorized transaction that he disguised as legitimate hedges for customers so these large losses started to accumulate sensed an alliance the price. the oil plunge and now the trader has disappeared pending further investigation so how did something like this happen. the oil derivatives market in fact all commodities derivatives markets are extremely opaque that is they're not normally quoted and they're also extremely volatile one can assume that the position that the trader took was some sort of hedged short position. near term versus long term

like a number of publications here in asia, the straits times leads with hong kong's chief executiveill. the paper says that despite the move — protests continue, with many calling ms lam's announcement to little to late. —— too little too late. arab news leads with a new report by the un estimating that over 1,000 civilians have been killed in idlib, syria in the last four months. the paper says that the number of children killed from the end of april to the end of august stood at 304, and warns that a generation of children are at risk of being denied an education. and the japan times leads reports on the uk prime minister boris johnson's ongoing brexit battle. the paper says that his brexit plans are in tatters after the events over the last few days. as we reported earlier, protest leaders in hong kong have rejected a package of proposals from the territory's chief executive carrie lam aimed at ending months of unrest. but some opposition figures say they will continue to protest until other demands are met, including direct elections. stephen mcdonnell reports from hong kong. in

you are normalize that you think that's a normal way to live the power across 180 kilometers of the straits as to you if you see the wrong thing you finished why do you think i don't think it's that serious you have only a series you keep saying i think you have to talk to each other if you try to visit china so call the china we call the mainland ok we are taiwan our mainland we together is that china is a one china war if you think the threats from china is so serious as one why do you european people all the people around the world all the members up in the e.u. and try to work with china try to have dialogue with china try to solve problems it's true that you know that as well as i do it's not a human rights record is their work and its trade and we can do that too apart from trade what exactly does democratic taiwan have been common these days with one party communist china you have free elections yes they will change your party in power they don't you have independent courts they know you have a free press they don't you can speak out against abuses of power and they can't what on ear