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ukrainian President Vladimir Zalinski on
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Friday has said that the Russia war in
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Ukraine was moving towards ending this
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week if only that the Russian President
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Vladimir Putin wasn't afraid of coming
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to Anchora the Turkey capital on
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Thursday to have face-to-face peace deal
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talks with him in line with his own
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request for direct peace talks which
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Zalinski said made him to travel to
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Turkey in person but it was a surprise
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the Kremlin leader President Vladimir
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Putin instead sent a very low-level
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government officials to the Russia
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president proposed dialogue meeting in
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Anchora although Russia and Ukraine have
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been wrestling for months over the
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logistics of peace talks with hopes of
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achieving such in the proposed Anchora
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peace talks but days before D-Day
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President Donald Trump of the United
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States US had said that he sees no
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movement of Putin coming to Anchora
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until he and Putin get together and
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according to President Zalinski it was
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President Trump who told him publicly to
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immediately accept the Kremlin leader
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proposal of direct talks president
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Donald Trump who since on Friday had
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left the Middle East back home to meet
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his new grandson after his daughter
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Tiffany Trump announced she gave birth
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to her first child on Thursday said he
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will meet with Russian President
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Vladimir Putin as soon as we can set it
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up to discuss Ukraine Russia peace talks
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according to Zalinski I addressed the
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European Political Community Summit this
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week we had a real chance to move toward
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ending the war if only Putin hadn't been
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afraid to come to Turkey i was there
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ready for a direct meeting with him to
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resolve all key issues he didn't agree
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to anything i spoke with President
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Donald Trump together with President
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Mron Federal Chancellor Mertz Prime
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Minister Stalmer and Tusk we discussed
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the meeting in Istanbul ukraine is ready
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to take the fastest possible steps to
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bring real peace and it is important
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that the world holds a strong stance our
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position if the Russians reject a full
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and unconditional ceasefire and an end
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to killings tough sanctions must follow
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pressure on Russia must be maintained
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until Russia is ready to end the war
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thank you to everyone in the world who
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is helping united Kingdom UK Prime
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Minister Karmama said if Russia is
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unwilling to come to the negotiating
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table Putin must pay the price speaking
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to President Donald Trump we are closely
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aligning our response to Russia's
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unacceptable position while ending his
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Middle East tour on Friday President
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Trump said "I would actually leave here
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and go meet Putin i do want to see my
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beautiful grandson." It would be
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recalled that Ukraine and Russia have
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not held any direct talks since March
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2022 shortly after Putin sent tanks over
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the border beginning the first major
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land war in Europe since World War II
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but according to Reuters hopes of a
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major breakthrough appear unlikely with
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US President Donald Trump declaring
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there wasn't likely to be any progress
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in the peace talks until he meets with
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his Russian counterpart nothing's going
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to happen until Putin and I meet
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president Trump declared know nothing
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about a delegation i haven't even
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checked look nothing's going to happen
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until Putin and I get together okay and
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obviously he wasn't going to go he was
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going to go but he thought I was going
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to go he wasn't going if I wasn't there
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i don't believe anything's going to
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happen whether you like it or not until
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he and I get together but we're going to
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have to get a solid because too many
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people are dying thank you you're going
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to land right now thank you
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now it's time to go back home my
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daughter had a baby i'm going to go back
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home and see that little baby and then
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we get back to uh a lot of work we'll
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see what happens with Russia and Ukraine
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when do you think you'll meet uh
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president as soon as we can set I was
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going to I would actually leave here and
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gole i do want to see my
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beautiful son it looks more like
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Yeah friend thank you so much think
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about what we do next our next step
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Prime Minister Rammer thank you and uh
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thank you Albania for hosting us today
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not just in a beautiful country but in a
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country that believes in Europe and
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stands for its future dear friends thank
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you all for your support and I
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appreciate that we share the same
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understanding this war war Russia
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against Ukraine must be ended as soon as
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possible and in a just way ukraine needs
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peace peace in Europe depends on whether
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it all of you know that this week we we
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had a real chance to take important
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steps toward ending this war if only
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Putin had not been afraid to come to
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i was in in Anara yesterday and thanks
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for participation and hosting us
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president and u and I was ready for a
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direct meeting with Putin whether in
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Ankara or in Istanbul and not just for a
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meeting but to resolve all the important
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all the important issues to my mind but
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he didn't agree to anything I mean Putin
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and you can also see that the Russian
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delegation that came to Istanbul is of a
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very low level none of them are people
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who actually make decisions in Russia
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still I send our team to Instambbul led
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by Ukraine's Minister of Defense at
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least to see if those Russians can
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anything our number one priority is a
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full unconditional and honest ceasefire
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this must happen immediately to stop the
6:25
killing and create a solid basis for for
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diplomacy first of all and if the
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Russian representatives in Istanbul
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today cannot even agree to that to
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ceasefire to this clearly necessary
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first step then it will be 100% clear
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that Putin continues to undermine
6:47
if that's not the case there must be at
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least some result today starting with a
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ceasefire the Ukrainian delegation has a
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mandate to make decisions as we saw
6:59
yesterday Russia sent almost the same
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people it sent in 2022 they show that
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Russia has not changed its basic
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approach they make many statements many
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threats but solve nothing
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they are doing everything they can to
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turn this Istanbul meeting into a staged
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empty process just like the ones in 2022
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it's not us or Western leaders who are
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disrupting the negotiation and the
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Russians have been claiming for years is
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Russians who send empty heads to the
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talks and that's what destroys the the
7:43
meaning the meaning of diplomacy so if
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it turns out that the Russian delegation
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really is just theatrical and can't
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deliver any results today the world must
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respond there needs to be a strong
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reaction including sanctions against
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Russia's energy sector and banks
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pressure must continue to rise until
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made ukraine is ready to take all
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realistic steps to end this war i call
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on Putin to give his delegation real
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authority and we need a full stop to the
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killing long enough to give diplomacy a
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real chance secondly we must build at
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least a minimum level of trust in the
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negotiation process this can be done by
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releasing releasing prisoners of war
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returning Ukrainian children taken by
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Russia and releasing civilian hostages
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currently held by the by the Russian
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side third we need to clear clearly
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define which issues must be handled at
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the leadership level not below and we
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all know who makes the real decisions in
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Russia fourth together with our leaders
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and uh together with the countries who
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are here with us today we have begun to
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create a new security architecture for
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Ukraine and all of Europe i thank
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everyone who is on board now it's time
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to move to very practical steps and
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fifth the United States president Trump
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wants to end this war we need to keep
9:23
working closely with President and stay
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as coordinated as possible long-term US
9:30
support is also essential and American
9:33
backs stop is needed it's important that
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we all work together on every level to
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make that happen and of course I will
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keep you informed throughout the day
9:45
about what is happening in Istanbul and
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whether there is any chance the Russian
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delegation will take real steps to stop
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the killing and bring the war to an end
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thank you Eddie again for invitation
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