WEBVTT 00:01.612 --> 00:13.700 awards good afternoon everybody 00:15.369 --> 00:16.818 i'm very well 00:18.132 --> 00:23.818 a number of drugs solar farm strip turkey here washington I as 00:23.818 --> 00:25.899 he leads the. Preparations 00:27.220 --> 00:34.406 for the summit runs a rival but also so that we can follow up 00:34.852 --> 00:39.155 very important issues that we've been working on which was shot 00:39.250 --> 00:42.530 for this by the deputy said that turkey 00:44.403 --> 00:50.050 but let me begin again by comments by expressing the condolences 00:50.050 --> 00:55.090 of the united states to the people of turkey the extraordinary 00:55.090 --> 00:59.790 losses that turkey has suffered over these last months by a number 00:59.790 --> 01:01.066 of tax 01:02.540 --> 01:08.440 we all have been the focus of what happened at brussels but as 01:08.440 --> 01:12.780 I mentioned yesterday right after brussels bomb went off of baghdad 01:13.450 --> 01:19.802 killing a bunch of children where the soccer celebrations and 01:19.826 --> 01:24.295 just at the moment those kids were gonna get their trophies computational 01:24.520 --> 01:30.330 killing many people saying they were firstly as head of the other 01:30.330 --> 01:31.818 communities in istanbul 01:33.222 --> 01:39.125 so it underscores every month a price that is being paid at the 01:39.174 --> 01:44.880 hand of terms and underscores that we are all in this that we 01:44.880 --> 01:50.890 all have an interest in taking out vash goes wrong terrorist 01:50.890 --> 01:56.352 organizations as fast as possible and restoring stability to 01:57.000 --> 01:59.381 the region and to the individual 02:01.270 --> 02:05.925 turkey is an important partner with the united states it is a 02:06.059 --> 02:10.430 nato ally it has joined together with europe with nato now in 02:10.430 --> 02:11.720 an effort to try and stem 02:13.280 --> 02:18.220 flowing through the aegean and turkey is host to two point seven 02:18.220 --> 02:23.510 million refugees who have flown out of syria and the surrounding 02:23.510 --> 02:28.780 area seeking a better life that's it normal schools and we respect 02:28.780 --> 02:34.540 the fact that turkey is trying to manage the lives these refugees 02:34.610 --> 02:39.030 we've committed today a short 20 million dollars specifically 02:39.613 --> 02:44.569 to our ongoing five vision that the american people of contributed 02:44.569 --> 02:49.160 to the effort to deal with this refugee crisis and we will continue 02:49.161 --> 02:54.720 to work about talk about plans we have to work together to put 02:54.870 --> 02:56.700 greater pressure on 02:58.141 --> 03:04.250 to be able to end this scourge as fast as possible we also have 03:04.330 --> 03:06.990 a lot of other interests with turkey that were working on turkey 03:06.990 --> 03:11.880 is a member of the international series port is working with 03:11.880 --> 03:17.040 us to try to see a political solution to the problem of syria 03:17.980 --> 03:22.961 in addition we have the economic interest rate interest interest 03:22.961 --> 03:24.830 in respect to europe itself 03:26.260 --> 03:30.947 so I move on to a very constructive. After 03:33.090 --> 03:35.800 serious topics that we have to. Discuss 03:37.426 --> 03:42.104 thank you john first of all time given much for the lord of the 03:42.200 --> 03:48.490 condolences and for your some of the united states or their return 03:49.520 --> 03:54.400 it is true that there's a heavy hitting many cities not only 03:54.550 --> 04:00.264 in our region in brussels but also africa aka song of the puddle 04:00.939 --> 04:05.900 will and we have to fool that the mission to defeat the terrorist 04:05.900 --> 04:13.413 groups growth in the local I was here exactly what almost a year 04:14.320 --> 04:20.585 and I think mike you know for his tireless efforts to reach a 04:20.760 --> 04:24.210 bulk of understanding regarding the nuclear deal with iran since 04:24.210 --> 04:25.463 then it has been 04:26.953 --> 04:35.270 doc a deal has been reached and be fully support and today i'd 04:35.339 --> 04:40.117 like to thank john as the co chair of the commission of serious 04:40.140 --> 04:41.914 board for his 04:43.483 --> 04:48.719 in efforts to enhance cessation of the hostilities in series 04:49.100 --> 04:54.876 and the access to humanitarian aid as well as to resume talks 04:55.230 --> 05:00.670 in geneva hopefully in the next round of the talks we'll be focusing 05:00.670 --> 05:06.100 on the political advancement the day people of course of this 05:06.100 --> 05:11.210 custom by mental issues and gene nation decides that road course 05:11.240 --> 05:19.198 discuss how we can increase our efforts against the I m p k k 05:19.680 --> 05:25.347 and b shows that it is often placed beside the imposing threat 05:25.453 --> 05:29.902 not only turkey or europe but to all out war 05:32.230 --> 05:36.370 we need to discuss the situation in iraq as well that it was 05:36.370 --> 05:43.707 a possible directions of wine still resemble the or another all 05:43.820 --> 05:48.574 of turkey and he will be of course discussing their migrations 05:49.360 --> 05:54.339 turkey has been doing his best at the last song and migrants 05:54.350 --> 05:58.710 almost three months after we have spent more than 10 billion dollars 05:59.090 --> 06:04.179 he made a deal with security at the strict no reaction at all 06:04.179 --> 06:09.520 police as people are demanding that the storm but we have also 06:09.900 --> 06:16.160 some use of from the eastern bloc and its own I mean cycles hoping 06:16.160 --> 06:22.740 to reach a settlement in cyprus in 2016 tackles side ready to 06:22.740 --> 06:28.031 the elections saw it has been slightly slowed down but after 06:28.033 --> 06:32.176 the elections we're hoping to reach a settlement and united states 06:32.880 --> 06:38.522 its full support to this process as well as to somebody happy 06:38.522 --> 06:41.052 to be here today to meet my dear friend 06:42.534 --> 06:48.260 but it was legit I agree more we are very deeply committed to 06:48.432 --> 06:53.907 ball the talks in cyprus and cyprus personally by specified spin 06:53.908 --> 06:58.914 we have met with on the function of both sides as well as countries 06:59.380 --> 07:03.530 and where many people very very hard time towards a resolution 07:03.530 --> 07:06.090 of the cyprus was gone on for too long thank you 07:08.709 --> 07:09.857 not. Much.