WEBVTT 00:03.786 --> 00:09.335 norbert I do not have any announcements of the valve cylinder 00:09.518 --> 00:10.370 to. Questions 00:14.742 --> 00:18.651 involves the logical flow through the yellow balloon taking a 00:18.804 --> 00:24.420 giant robots yet yerger and of good luck and to date just this 00:24.420 --> 00:28.849 morning for a couple hours ago editor in chief of the germany 00:28.880 --> 00:35.255 game coach daily attacks and by a gunman at the common festival 00:35.256 --> 00:38.091 and does not look at jesse in press reports about this myself 00:38.091 --> 00:43.240 and so the anglican alexis physician can better have an official 00:43.240 --> 00:47.770 comment right now and what you have seen that the the incident 00:47.770 --> 00:51.879 happened lately i've seen press reports about an incident and 00:51.879 --> 00:55.620 or have operational ports to speak to about it out on the refrain 00:55.620 --> 00:58.960 from specific comments and until we have more information just 00:58.960 --> 01:04.588 don't have a family li fighting in from a prison in syria that 01:04.588 --> 01:10.079 we've seen that reported as well and then will certainly i'm 01:10.440 --> 01:11.333 concerned about. That 01:14.677 --> 01:18.750 we would urge the regime to refrain from actions or could escalate 01:19.529 --> 01:22.070 and the bonds and attention and I understand that there's already 01:22.070 --> 01:25.464 been some violence here i'm not saying there hasn't been done 01:25.805 --> 01:30.430 and as always we call on russia and the other partner says that 01:30.430 --> 01:35.023 have influence on the regime to pressure simple restrained um 01:35.030 --> 01:38.100 and I might take this opportunity to simply say that we also 01:38.100 --> 01:43.210 call on the regime the two are to treat appropriately those people 01:43.210 --> 01:48.600 that are being detained there is a view which you could easily 01:48.600 --> 01:50.970 have a fundamental debate about whether they should be detained 01:50.970 --> 01:55.225 or not and and and certainly we have concerns over the detentions 01:55.225 --> 01:57.389 were separate distinct from that there's not a geisha if you 01:57.389 --> 02:00.130 could have people detained in a prisoner's obligation of a many 02:00.130 --> 02:05.328 cars on self in terms of assuring eloping so many of recently 02:05.333 --> 02:08.760 got the call on them to do to respect the operations you have 02:08.760 --> 02:13.090 any update on the or ledge holding of the isaac p camp in northern 02:13.090 --> 02:16.324 syria I gather the syrians and the russians denied having an 02:16.324 --> 02:20.441 entity with a part in a strike in a year I would tell and the 02:20.441 --> 02:26.330 turnout was still processing information firm about that incident 02:26.330 --> 02:30.630 and there is the weed we don't have perfect knowledge about what 02:30.630 --> 02:36.190 happened so that we were still active in the best recanted to 02:36.190 --> 02:40.650 try to get more information and more accurate information about 02:40.650 --> 02:44.810 what happened what has said the ceasefire of the troops 02:46.240 --> 02:49.439 this decision was the legion and aleppo that's what you meant 02:49.439 --> 02:53.443 to ask him thinking no I meant as a heck I don't like the word 02:53.443 --> 02:57.530 suspicion of cause I know you are mature and nato doesn't apparently 02:57.530 --> 03:01.986 doesn't mean cessation of hostilities it means no is it identified 03:02.163 --> 03:06.563 in all that oil just truce it does well it does mean so called 03:06.730 --> 03:10.721 does it does any man in an animal jr I do achieve ieng sary and 03:10.724 --> 03:15.368 she is only supposed to buy your accounts since yesterday guess 03:15.368 --> 03:19.650 it's the markets up to but it was 48 hours with the syrians had 03:19.650 --> 03:24.489 agreed to and by your definition of when that started it would 03:24.489 --> 03:28.963 have been over last night at midnight local time by their definition 03:29.013 --> 03:31.623 the series definition might be backed up 03:33.858 --> 03:38.496 is it still on according to you because according to you it would 03:38.496 --> 03:43.241 have been over last night and then as cook what what we are right 03:43.290 --> 03:50.180 so I ve seen what we want and desire is for these these cessations 03:50.320 --> 03:55.470 to be enduring um yeah and what I can tell you is a we continue 03:55.470 --> 03:59.950 to watch as the situation a level it does appear as if the violence 03:59.950 --> 04:05.010 has decreased since it came into effect a couple of days ago 04:05.010 --> 04:09.340 and that seems to be the case today I I I can't tell you that 04:09.340 --> 04:12.786 it's perfect in every neighborhood of a level of course not and 04:12.787 --> 04:15.370 I was in the right number of violations is zero that's what we 04:15.370 --> 04:20.190 want our still concern about reports of violations but in general 04:20.490 --> 04:25.176 since the it went into effect two days ago that we have seen 04:25.176 --> 04:27.990 at a decreased level of violence in aleppo and the we like to 04:27.990 --> 04:31.250 see that continue through their active efforts underway now to 04:31.250 --> 04:35.629 extended beyond what the syrians say would be the end of it what 04:35.635 --> 04:38.350 I wanna get ahead of diplomatic discussions I can tell you that 04:38.350 --> 04:41.970 we very much the united states very much like to see in indoor 04:41.970 --> 04:49.180 and go beyond what were her order stated time limits based on 04:49.180 --> 04:50.549 what you know what are the chances 04:52.150 --> 04:55.481 I don't think I don't wanna run amok in a speculated terms of 04:55.481 --> 04:59.879 the the chances of being able to go forward with an attic and 04:59.880 --> 05:03.330 another of the usual subject to do what what I can say is we're 05:03.330 --> 05:07.260 committed to senior inter and I knew it was going to continue 05:07.260 --> 05:11.700 to have discussions with the partners in the isis gee ann to 05:11.700 --> 05:14.780 try to see that a candidate of asking you to speculate about 05:15.266 --> 05:20.412 singly devoted audience no base somewhat you know what this building 05:20.412 --> 05:25.710 knows from here from people in geneva and potential conversations 05:25.786 --> 05:28.728 the secretary or other officials when compared with the russians 05:29.841 --> 05:33.685 what are you are you optimistic that there will that you'll be 05:33.694 --> 05:37.499 able to get special I would say that will work 05:38.800 --> 05:46.030 we're committed to making it endured and I am I am a very focused 05:46.650 --> 05:50.740 on not on trying to see if the reduction in violence can be sustained 05:52.556 --> 05:56.300 its canoe in drew griffin's announced it is a fully understood 05:56.432 --> 05:59.469 i'm not aware of any additional comments out of the moscow you 05:59.469 --> 06:03.110 have the doctor that they have you when is the last time secretary 06:03.110 --> 06:06.413 kerry spoke to his love and. I 06:09.483 --> 06:17.909 pts last fall I have on record was monday the second of a portland 06:17.975 --> 06:19.385 effect yet 06:20.949 --> 06:24.769 title gallia county park at the russian flag 06:26.130 --> 06:30.333 foreign ministry but has a color of the said the day that basically 06:30.374 --> 06:33.451 explains the text which he called the threat of that time and 06:33.451 --> 06:38.317 again brock broke the ceasefire before in cheap and noted that 06:38.321 --> 06:43.803 what happen on ne 100 third and so on and present basically into 06:43.808 --> 06:48.274 java xml and others who have inclined to frustrate vacancies 06:48.316 --> 06:55.480 exist of another 70 cents stamp this window and the 51 west of 06:56.220 --> 06:59.750 the community was in a gigantic make because are not parties 06:59.750 --> 07:02.922 to the cessation of hostilities designated terrorist groups and 07:02.969 --> 07:07.750 offers little nobody ever expected him to observe the soul than 07:07.820 --> 07:12.480 that she says that that made them a fifth target by government 07:12.480 --> 07:16.639 forces in seoul in a soul that when you say that they're not 07:16.640 --> 07:20.080 part of the association with africa europe and the government 07:20.080 --> 07:24.993 has or everybody else much as like the coalition of the russians 07:24.993 --> 07:28.650 as one has a rewrite the glider bomb right they're not they're 07:28.650 --> 07:32.290 not upset they're not a party to this decision so they are they 07:32.290 --> 07:36.231 are fair targets for kinetic strikes youtube and that includes 07:36.231 --> 07:39.993 the areas that may not be delineated between the disk with arguments 07:41.360 --> 07:45.603 if it out we talked about this before sailing to an animal act 07:45.605 --> 07:48.950 like regular guy by nobody and I feel like sometimes were re 07:48.950 --> 07:52.450 treading the same ground over and over again there i'm not disputing 07:52.450 --> 07:56.560 the fact that the in aleppo these groups can be intermingled 07:57.097 --> 08:01.519 and in fact sometimes it's by design specially by groups like 08:01.592 --> 08:05.000 elements that want to help try to protect themselves by being 08:05.000 --> 08:09.930 geographically close or intermixed with the groups that either 08:09.930 --> 08:13.690 civilians or opposition groups that they know are parties to 08:13.690 --> 08:17.020 the cessation of hostilities i'm also not saying never have said 08:17.020 --> 08:20.341 that there haven't been violations of the cessation like buy 08:20.404 --> 08:24.170 a buy certain members of the opposition there has been that said 08:24.170 --> 08:27.379 by enlarge the violations have been as a result of the regime 08:27.804 --> 08:32.880 allam and what what we've asked certainly in our conversations 08:32.880 --> 08:36.830 with russia with the tripoli is that that if they are going to 08:36.830 --> 08:41.132 undertake strikes at which they have against on his run against 08:41.132 --> 08:45.310 daschle d do so with the as much precision as they can so that 08:45.310 --> 08:49.549 they are just hitting those groups and not anybody else I can't 08:49.549 --> 08:52.551 say with at you know with certainty that that is always been 08:52.551 --> 08:57.060 the case that that that there haven't been in these strikes also 08:57.515 --> 09:00.860 had that strikes against the opposition and against civilians 09:00.860 --> 09:05.290 and on the regime side we can say definitively we know that the 09:05.290 --> 09:08.674 regime is not abided by the cessation project leader in aleppo 09:08.674 --> 09:13.530 and has early on purpose got out and struck civilian targets 09:13.530 --> 09:16.980 in opposition targets but it's a very it's a very fluid situation 09:16.980 --> 09:21.713 there very dynamic which is why quite frankly it was a it was 09:21.713 --> 09:25.698 so important for us to get this reaffirmation in place a couple 09:25.698 --> 09:31.095 of days ago in in aleppo no one quick follow on with community 09:31.138 --> 09:34.577 market yesterday that wasn't acceptable and I am to have the 09:34.581 --> 09:38.805 region retake annapolis ran from into that of an effect it does 09:38.805 --> 09:41.351 that mean there ought to be some sort of lines of the market 09:41.352 --> 09:45.142 she attended with wicked government troops and the other groups 09:45.142 --> 09:49.130 that a few recognised by those involved to like the russian black 09:49.131 --> 09:52.610 lava is involved and rancid were not were not looking at the 09:52.610 --> 09:55.700 cessation in terms of lines of. Demarcation 09:57.880 --> 10:02.891 you see i'm so this is a seizure of the 48 hours been cleared 10:02.891 --> 10:04.480 out a 10:05.680 --> 10:09.340 if the military said that it was $40 in state funds it is open 10:09.340 --> 10:15.940 ended in a museum at the streets continues it's sort of the line 10:15.940 --> 10:18.840 of questioning that the I just went through and that we would 10:18.840 --> 10:23.421 like to see it and door am I understand that 10:25.645 --> 10:28.996 would somebody understandings were at the outset I. Am 10:31.830 --> 10:36.640 and again i'd say over the last two days we have seen a reduction 10:37.040 --> 10:38.471 in the violence ends 10:40.550 --> 10:41.240 I think that 10:42.510 --> 10:49.336 gives us some reason to be in the third to be encouraged it and 10:49.720 --> 10:54.780 that if he can endure now we may continue to see even more of 10:54.780 --> 10:59.370 a reduction in the violence but I couldn't possibly predict them 10:59.940 --> 11:02.890 that certainty or for how long that might be able to go what 11:02.890 --> 11:05.639 we would like assumed said from the very beginning when this 11:05.639 --> 11:11.677 decision was first put in place that we that that our goal our 11:11.677 --> 11:14.834 objective our desire would be to see that it be enduring that'd 11:14.847 --> 11:18.041 be long lasting permanent sustainable now see that's what you 11:18.041 --> 11:21.520 want you wanna see the violence come down that was the lack of 11:21.520 --> 11:25.470 communication between you and the russians I don't think it was 11:25.470 --> 11:28.680 a lack of communication on the I think it is that they are pretty 11:28.796 --> 11:35.420 I m a series of discussions that went on the between us and the 11:35.420 --> 11:38.785 russians with respect to getting this this latest realf on nation 11:38.785 --> 11:42.538 of that of the stoat is the restoration fuel available getting 11:42.551 --> 11:46.768 that inflation and an atom and that and trying to get it to stick 11:46.768 --> 11:52.590 him in and in the process of doing that e l gov it's natural 11:52.590 --> 11:56.603 to pino specially could really get a specific geographic area 11:56.603 --> 11:59.530 it's natural to wanted to try to baum that in some way so that 11:59.530 --> 12:04.670 you can get a deal in place that can be enforced and we did and 12:04.730 --> 12:07.830 there has been as a set of reduction in the violence of what 12:07.860 --> 12:13.127 we asked for our part we when we said this from the beginning 12:13.127 --> 12:15.940 on that saying something different to you them that what we said 12:16.210 --> 12:19.870 in the room we want to see this be enduring which ultimately 12:20.090 --> 12:24.200 we don't wanna see time limits on this remained unconvinced as 12:24.231 --> 12:27.440 outside of him evaluate whether this truce is holding a not re 12:27.440 --> 12:30.816 look at the levels of violence is there when she sang with the 12:30.914 --> 12:34.860 ltte the levels of via and yes I mean every morning when I get 12:34.951 --> 12:39.679 the overall but most specifically the no and I hate to put additives 12:39.680 --> 12:44.251 on empathy or organized violence that you would see from him 12:45.038 --> 12:48.499 where we see the cessation not happening are not succeeding as 12:48.499 --> 12:53.240 this it's you know it's the regime against opposition or against 12:53.240 --> 12:58.910 civilians it together it's in its violations of of other groups 12:59.369 --> 13:02.554 that are causing that are causing these destinies injury stricken 13:02.554 --> 13:06.730 islamic mission with ian thomas wilson and evaluating the violations 13:07.207 --> 13:13.018 is does the u s and russia coordination and mean which would 13:13.018 --> 13:17.510 you have to show your hand is where the opposition is based and 13:17.510 --> 13:20.200 they would have sat in with big government is based is a clock 13:20.200 --> 13:23.300 on the officers in question about where the government is operating 13:23.300 --> 13:26.970 out of but um but but and I don't wanna get into the 13:28.505 --> 13:32.800 new tactical level detail here about half of the information 13:32.800 --> 13:33.610 flow but 13:34.993 --> 13:40.910 if it is true that now that the u s side in the russian side 13:40.950 --> 13:46.610 are in direct communication around the clock now adam about the 13:46.610 --> 13:51.340 situation particularly in aleppo am to it and in the purpose 13:51.340 --> 13:55.431 of that round the clock unification is to do exactly that said 13:55.431 --> 14:00.280 to to to make sure that violations don't occur in time and then 14:00.530 --> 14:04.630 when they appear to be or of appeared in 80 being the future 14:04.966 --> 14:08.116 to try to forestall that by sharing information as appropriate 14:08.116 --> 14:09.980 for her to keep it from her happening 14:11.460 --> 14:16.890 if the flow via the sisters of oz of this is not in use at midnight 14:17.151 --> 14:20.261 seven times in a few hours is that market failures of this policy 14:20.261 --> 14:26.230 in of the mechanism because I I would I would say is a number 14:26.230 --> 14:30.375 one we wanna see continue on what is usually a sustainable on 14:30.375 --> 14:30.912 a journey 14:32.680 --> 14:38.900 that it has led to for the first time now in weeks a reduction 14:38.900 --> 14:44.310 in the violence in aleppo is is a good thing and so again we're 14:44.310 --> 14:49.510 encouraged by that they initiated tells us it tells us that it 14:49.510 --> 14:53.800 is possible to get to a better outcome in aleppo it tells us 14:53.800 --> 14:58.820 that it is in fact possible for russia to exert the appropriate 14:58.820 --> 15:02.286 kind of influence on the assad regime so that regime attacked 15:02.553 --> 15:08.040 can stop so it it certainly is an indicator that found that this 15:08.040 --> 15:12.220 approach can work and I think when I was a gives us hope that 15:12.590 --> 15:15.670 it it's worth continuing to try to pursue that and to keep it 15:15.670 --> 15:19.102 going but if the regime is listening to you know the oil 15:20.330 --> 15:24.082 that they might see this as a new as proof that they construe 15:24.082 --> 15:28.240 new long 40000 today include did you just say that you believe 15:28.240 --> 15:31.730 the processes of the said look you would you have to do to stop 15:32.480 --> 15:36.020 the bloodletting um particularly where you see it in places like 15:36.020 --> 15:42.370 aleppo but that doesn't mean that a calf that were interested 15:42.370 --> 15:46.691 in some sort of long term plan to do this in a piecemeal whatever 15:46.800 --> 15:52.304 dead from the earlier is it we wanna see all of syria to be a 15:52.304 --> 15:55.724 to be a peaceful environment we don't see any syrians triangle 15:55.753 --> 15:58.017 attack from their own government along with both children the 15:58.017 --> 15:58.808 piecemeal approach 16:00.340 --> 16:05.960 we are sweet certainly are prepared to keep working this very 16:05.960 --> 16:09.716 hard very hard as long as it takes to try to get into city trying 16:09.748 --> 16:15.370 to get wooden tolerated a loto things on sticks your question 16:15.370 --> 16:21.152 was how long we going to uh work towards keeping the cessation 16:21.152 --> 16:25.150 in place and will do that for his long as it takes what we wanna 16:25.150 --> 16:29.730 see is the cessation of hostilities and are nationwide and to 16:29.730 --> 16:33.690 be sustainable over the long term and i'm not going to speculate 16:33.690 --> 16:40.300 from here about what happens then in another 12 or 18 hours and 16:40.360 --> 16:44.712 if in fact the syrian regime considers the the the the timeframe 16:44.712 --> 16:48.522 started later than what we did go through that lichens are using 16:48.522 --> 16:52.411 affects about six what I can tell you whatever I contains were 16:52.415 --> 16:56.168 committed to keeping some places long as possible that's the 16:56.266 --> 16:59.610 that's the focus and not just in aleppo but throughout the whole 16:59.610 --> 17:02.411 country i'm with you 17:03.732 --> 17:08.850 on the atp again russian military officials said that the judging 17:08.850 --> 17:13.050 by discussion of whether that a fiji campus afon militants could 17:13.050 --> 17:16.760 have deliberately or accidentally firing on a do you have any 17:16.760 --> 17:20.980 information that confirms this statement no and do you think 17:20.980 --> 17:25.290 that the most of what was behind the behind firing on the camp 17:25.855 --> 17:29.400 at iran's mission at that indicates that is a set of the outset 17:29.430 --> 17:32.730 were still gathering information right now on and are not a position 17:33.280 --> 17:36.538 to definitively say exactly what happened there 17:37.841 --> 17:42.959 the second question though you already asked to note this was 17:42.960 --> 17:46.290 long known it was that he was not nothing less than the second 17:46.290 --> 17:50.580 was the video now the second place in the city pollution issued 17:50.580 --> 17:53.734 a statement today saying that the massacre but the data by the 17:53.752 --> 17:57.811 as the machine against civilians in dieppe kimono can and will 17:57.812 --> 18:01.930 in the gift would have been prevented had the us president barack 18:01.930 --> 18:05.850 obama approved the establishment of a safe zone in the east and 18:06.180 --> 18:12.650 see what he thinks about this they will again we're still trying 18:12.650 --> 18:15.565 to get better information about what happened in that is that 18:15.565 --> 18:19.110 camp so i'm not gonna go any further on the circumstances there 18:19.550 --> 18:24.140 just don't have perfect knowledge right now that the issue of 18:24.540 --> 18:27.500 safe zones buffer zones would have your column we've talked about 18:27.500 --> 18:32.010 that for quite some time show I don't have any a new to add to 18:32.475 --> 18:37.832 that what we said in the past and the m the 18:39.290 --> 18:44.090 we continue that examining consider all manner of options in 18:44.090 --> 18:49.409 alternatives will be irresponsible not to but there's no change 18:49.471 --> 18:54.570 her to our view at this time that safe zones or buffer zones 18:54.570 --> 18:57.937 or not the appropriate response to take right now and there are 18:57.939 --> 19:01.992 there are there are there are risk and resource intensive issues 19:02.001 --> 19:07.700 that that must be considered before you and I act of an approach 19:07.700 --> 19:12.512 like that and we have to be mindful but the question is was the 19:12.512 --> 19:17.250 sickest of the pacific in the meeting on seal in paris next monday 19:17.460 --> 19:21.670 I don't have any updates to offer on his schedule for next week 19:21.840 --> 19:26.115 because finished the fence for ministry has announced that in 19:26.155 --> 19:31.239 the united states they would be part of the meeting and the than 19:31.240 --> 19:36.557 germany italy 70 gave the cathedral to the cabinet they have 19:36.558 --> 19:40.879 to but I don't have any updates to a scheduled to announce or 19:41.076 --> 19:43.156 a pen one syrians 19:44.440 --> 19:48.010 this is a follow up to david's question i'd understand that the 19:48.010 --> 19:52.710 u s he is interested in a broad nationwide cease fire in syria 19:52.710 --> 19:57.530 as a whole but as you'd do these localized agreements on such 19:57.530 --> 20:00.860 as what you have in place in aleppo the ones that were enacted 20:00.860 --> 20:06.740 last weekend on asa kia combi it is their limit on how long you'd 20:06.740 --> 20:10.958 willing to consider trying with these localized cease fires it 20:11.008 --> 20:14.400 it is a point that you get to wear these localized cease fires 20:14.400 --> 20:18.008 with 48 hour deadline stairs it becomes futile and difficult 20:18.408 --> 20:21.535 to have I think his his services in question a day rest a k a 20:21.535 --> 20:25.818 minot and on how I can approach this any differently the word 20:27.190 --> 20:30.680 so let's back up just a little bit here we wanna see the entire 20:30.680 --> 20:34.714 country safe and secure for the syrian people we wanna see the 20:34.714 --> 20:37.940 secession of hostilities which applied to the entire country 20:38.360 --> 20:41.390 actually executed for the entire country implemented across the 20:41.390 --> 20:42.150 entire country 20:43.500 --> 20:47.050 we knew the day after that it was implemented that they were 20:47.050 --> 20:51.110 gonna be violations and there have been very open and honest 20:51.110 --> 20:55.880 about that as we tried very hard to prevent them where we can 20:55.880 --> 20:58.740 and there have been some that have been prevented and where they 20:58.740 --> 21:03.897 occur at we try as best we can to analyze information share and 21:03.900 --> 21:07.330 then try to use influence both on the opposition and the regime 21:08.620 --> 21:13.410 to keep them from happening again now he right there were some 21:13.610 --> 21:18.740 time smaller reaffirmation of that or efforts to restore that 21:18.912 --> 21:24.791 I have over the last couple weeks and m i'm i'm not a position 21:24.791 --> 21:29.619 now to to to say with any great sea certainly that that that 21:29.619 --> 21:35.689 approach is going to I am be pursued in the future I wouldn't 21:35.729 --> 21:40.533 rule it in I wouldn't rule out what I can affirmatively tell 21:40.533 --> 21:46.060 you is that the secretary is committed to keeping the cessation 21:46.090 --> 21:51.087 of hostilities in place as much as possible I receive the goalie 21:51.087 --> 21:55.906 or zero via violations as what we want come and he will continue 21:55.906 --> 21:58.900 to work this very very hard certainly with foreign minister lavrov 21:58.900 --> 22:02.440 but also with other leaders in the air in the isis you going 22:02.440 --> 22:07.400 forward and and if if that means that we have to take a look 22:07.995 --> 22:11.760 at more localized efforts in order to do that then we'll do that 22:13.070 --> 22:17.179 I received that the ideal approach is one that's nationwide and 22:17.179 --> 22:21.146 its enduring it sustainable I am and I appreciate the desired 22:21.146 --> 22:25.040 to get me to speculate about you know another 48 hours or another 22:25.150 --> 22:29.030 77ty two hours or whatever it is and i'm simply not prepared 22:29.030 --> 22:33.197 to do that I don't think it would be wise to them to try to hide 22:33.200 --> 22:37.070 prophesies about a time that the manner in which we might pursue 22:37.880 --> 22:42.290 additional efforts to keep the cessation in place what matters 22:42.600 --> 22:46.030 and I think in a wish i'd said this the first time he asked his 22:46.030 --> 22:48.162 questions but what 22:49.596 --> 22:54.970 the attacking arguing that what what what what matters is that 22:55.271 --> 23:01.270 them and we have seen a reduction in violence and that and and 23:01.270 --> 23:04.980 I don't i'm not overstating this by any stretch because syria 23:04.980 --> 23:08.280 remains a dangerous place and are still a lot of suffering but 23:08.600 --> 23:14.250 but that for some syrians in some places life has gotten better 23:14.840 --> 23:19.420 not perfect others still have a government that is obviously 23:19.810 --> 23:23.820 showing a propensity to continue to kill them but but life has 23:23.820 --> 23:27.800 gotten measurably better for some syrians in some places and 23:27.800 --> 23:32.161 I don't think we should lose sight of that he added if there 23:32.182 --> 23:36.702 is more work to be done but that it contains signatures committed 23:37.722 --> 23:40.511 to being as flexible as he needs to be to keep the cessation 23:40.514 --> 23:44.910 and place when a couple in iraq if we can. Transition 23:46.966 --> 23:51.790 drawing has the u s increased on military personnel of us embassy 23:51.790 --> 23:55.550 as a result of security concerns are brought in additional marines 23:56.049 --> 24:00.308 can earn those reports and secondly if this is the case is just 24:00.310 --> 24:04.820 on the absolute increase in the number of all military personnel 24:04.820 --> 24:09.280 who will be their particularly rees and or a temporary of staff 24:09.676 --> 24:13.036 why think you know we don't talk about security posture emphases 24:13.309 --> 24:17.570 in its of it it's it's a dynamic situation we constantly evaluate 24:18.006 --> 24:21.820 adam our security posture and frankly legal team leading constantly 24:21.820 --> 24:25.400 change their posture as appropriate and that is that what we 24:25.400 --> 24:30.553 expect the good people and of mexico ready to do I won't I will 24:30.553 --> 24:34.280 talk about where another I will I do things important mine however 24:34.280 --> 24:38.406 that our embassy in baghdad continues to operate normally is 24:38.406 --> 24:44.860 fair when white use their ongoing it user concerned in this building 24:44.940 --> 24:49.149 concerning the ongoing friction between iraqi government and 24:49.149 --> 24:52.600 i've looked at al saunders followers that I know that you said 24:52.600 --> 24:55.730 before that this is this is sort of inside baseball an issue 24:55.730 --> 24:59.230 that iraq asked workout but is there concern of these tensions 24:59.230 --> 25:04.100 may be destabilizing to u s interests such as the overall fight 25:04.100 --> 25:09.239 against the islamic state we want a receipt to see the reforms 25:09.239 --> 25:13.360 of prime minister body spinning into place was even succeed and 25:13.890 --> 25:17.391 we know that he knows how important it is for him to continue 25:17.960 --> 25:23.380 now pursuing his reforms in keeping with iraq's constitution 25:24.521 --> 25:27.890 in iraq is an important partner in the region they are certainly 25:27.890 --> 25:31.110 an important partner in this fight against dash are supported 25:31.270 --> 25:36.230 inside the coalition remains and will and will continue that 25:36.230 --> 25:41.250 support is being a done by with and through divided government 25:41.728 --> 25:45.890 in baghdad of which right look these are bad these are political 25:45.890 --> 25:50.580 challenges that the iraqi people have to work through and prime 25:50.580 --> 25:54.820 minister abadi has to lead them through them and as I said earlier 25:54.820 --> 25:58.840 a few days ago you were confident that you know that he can do 25:58.840 --> 26:03.870 that and and that he's well aware of either of the of the significant 26:03.870 --> 26:04.829 challenges he's facing 26:06.743 --> 26:11.180 you're concerned about the security around the embassy were concerned 26:11.180 --> 26:14.180 about the security of our embassies all over the world everywhere 26:14.968 --> 26:20.080 summer significant daily to the russians about celia can you 26:20.080 --> 26:23.730 help us understand how to assess their behavior is futile because 26:23.730 --> 26:27.094 it doesn't seem the art of using that influence very much sean 26:27.116 --> 26:32.064 has said because he keeps the nude bomb being and violating the 26:32.417 --> 26:36.489 ceasefire was a mechanically doing this without an orange light 26:36.489 --> 26:40.170 from the russians without a wet or an ally of israel who are 26:40.201 --> 26:43.529 you know it is like at least never forget. Everything 26:45.820 --> 26:49.960 in a look I I talked about this the air the other day that the 26:50.380 --> 26:54.950 we we know that russia's influence can matter and it does matter 26:55.070 --> 26:59.089 to the assad regime because when when we've seen them exert that 26:59.090 --> 27:02.780 influence it has worked and I think the reduction in violence 27:02.780 --> 27:06.110 in and around aleppo the last couple of days is a yet another 27:06.110 --> 27:10.760 indication of the other bit of evidence that that when they exert 27:10.760 --> 27:15.140 their influence they can have a meaningful impact the question 27:15.140 --> 27:18.711 that we've asked ourselves is know how much how willing are they 27:18.711 --> 27:22.390 out how how strong are they using that influence at times and 27:22.810 --> 27:25.740 whether or not assad has developed any anybody's to some of that 27:25.740 --> 27:29.610 influence them that is not always been clear that but again if 27:29.610 --> 27:32.611 you just take a look at the last 48 hours and the faction record 27:32.611 --> 27:36.390 frankly that in many other places around syria the cessation 27:36.390 --> 27:40.953 has had I mean a level gets a lot of attention rightly so I have 27:40.959 --> 27:44.720 no question about that m but there are a lot of other communities 27:44.720 --> 27:47.480 around syria that were not talking about you're asking me about 27:47.790 --> 27:50.920 an because association is held in the violence to stop so we 27:50.920 --> 27:54.080 know they can have influence and that influence can have an impact 27:54.080 --> 27:59.430 we wanna see that continue and live example of the fighting on 27:59.430 --> 28:04.248 the fence its and of the province of intellect isaca 28:06.201 --> 28:07.279 yep so 28:08.610 --> 28:13.740 we are but yet you ask about other places where the cessation 28:14.370 --> 28:17.820 may not be holding were not talking about the places in syria 28:17.820 --> 28:21.560 which is I was referring to word is holding back the recognized 28:21.560 --> 28:24.450 you know that's not necessarily newsworthy in these may be not 28:24.450 --> 28:26.950 to some members the media but it certainly is the us because 28:26.950 --> 28:31.490 it shows that this decision can infect be put in place and held 28:31.770 --> 28:33.321 now um 28:34.690 --> 28:38.002 your question but you live in the in the question itself it erode 28:38.077 --> 28:41.230 your calling it a firing as I said we're still trying to assess 28:41.230 --> 28:45.260 what happened and I don't have great honour and we don't have 28:45.260 --> 28:48.840 any more specific knowledge about what happened there and so 28:49.040 --> 28:50.800 I think it's just it's just too soon to say 28:52.560 --> 28:57.332 yes it does house in his relation and to the west of the palestinian 28:57.360 --> 29:03.530 israeli we couldn't actually find out about other. Stuff 29:06.065 --> 29:09.270 but others he does it as united as a combat unit which acted 29:09.314 --> 29:14.195 as limiting yesterday as I really don't have anything you know 29:14.478 --> 29:18.778 josh for the third day straight to the house or in contemplation 29:19.060 --> 29:22.550 along the gaza border are you concerned that this this claim 29:22.910 --> 29:27.627 of a massive thing that fatal one with a two one for the festival 29:27.698 --> 29:32.427 due to into exhilarating anyway at the dailies are not holding 29:32.427 --> 29:35.591 up and talking to them what they need to 29:36.880 --> 29:40.400 well look we always have two large rally car parts about security 29:40.400 --> 29:44.830 there and certainly sympathize with acacia at one again I won't 29:44.830 --> 29:47.990 detail specific conversations or having with israeli leaders 29:48.190 --> 29:50.337 only just a couple of things I think is probably the same thing 29:50.337 --> 29:53.770 you've heard sarah last couple of days it is a developing situation 29:53.820 --> 29:58.849 now seek not wanna see it escalate and end certainly we condemn 29:58.879 --> 30:02.520 in a mortar attacks and yet another attack from gaza and israel 30:02.520 --> 30:06.010 and I would also say as the symbol for we support israel's right 30:06.010 --> 30:09.930 to defend itself and the defences and no country should have 30:09.930 --> 30:15.289 to be under threat that that comes from a tax based on tough 30:15.833 --> 30:20.810 i'm so when there's a legitimate security concern here that for 30:20.810 --> 30:23.707 the israeli government what we would like to obviously sees that 30:23.708 --> 30:27.670 the detentions decreasing the doesn't work in that line beyond 30:27.670 --> 30:29.592 which you expect the israelis not to go 30:31.193 --> 30:36.370 and an enraged affirming their self defense all i'll say to that 30:36.370 --> 30:39.690 satan what we said before she wanna see the violence come down 30:39.691 --> 30:43.240 wanna see calm restored we wanna see both sides take affirmative 30:43.240 --> 30:46.500 steps and show some leadership to try to get us to a situation 30:46.500 --> 30:49.490 where he can have a meaningful discussion about a two state solution 30:49.490 --> 30:53.859 that really the truth he with this is about east of have come 30:53.860 --> 30:58.391 more questions as radius it keeps holding her body the palestinians 30:58.391 --> 31:01.362 lack of color the checkpoint is a chronic cough 31:02.938 --> 31:06.597 brother and sister when singapore held on the 27 five zero 31:07.843 --> 31:13.010 like 14 while being held and in a way just to finish and torment 31:13.010 --> 31:16.540 that the fam 70 common and that is that a practice that should 31:17.070 --> 31:20.853 seize or should stop immediately in love with it doesn't seem 31:20.853 --> 31:25.140 to have any kind of investigative value well look without talking 31:25.140 --> 31:29.430 to the specifics of any case here what I would tell you is that 31:29.430 --> 31:33.551 we would welcome steps from the parties that would help to reduce 31:33.580 --> 31:36.838 the tensions and restore calm and I I just think ultimately the 31:36.839 --> 31:41.732 release of all the bodies of the people it if if a step like 31:41.732 --> 31:44.900 that if if a step like that could help reduce the tensions and 31:44.900 --> 31:48.626 restore calm that we see we would welcome an actual one question 31:48.653 --> 31:48.999 I have 31:50.330 --> 31:53.660 congresswoman betty mccollum and minnesota's fourth district 31:54.160 --> 31:58.650 an aircraft with a longer and there she is trying to collect 31:58.650 --> 32:02.090 signatures and son from her colleagues when it is addressed to 32:02.090 --> 32:05.830 president obama copied from vice president biden and second state 32:06.128 --> 32:10.770 gary and she calls the for the establishment of a special envoy 32:11.300 --> 32:14.546 for the production capacity of children is that something have 32:14.547 --> 32:17.560 you visually see this letter we have not received the letter 32:17.640 --> 32:22.372 i'm aware of it but I have not we've not received that year almost 32:22.380 --> 32:25.070 certainly would speak for the white house and the man which they 32:25.070 --> 32:30.380 would respond I beseech the when the secretary gets congressional 32:30.380 --> 32:33.799 correspondents when we try to respond appropriately in those 32:33.800 --> 32:36.930 expeditiously it's possible but we don't talk about the specifics 32:36.930 --> 32:40.040 of that um and i'm not going to speculate about this particular 32:40.040 --> 32:45.039 proposal I mean i'm aware what's in it i'm alive not seen the 32:45.039 --> 32:48.360 letter we have received adams early aware of the of the purported 32:48.360 --> 32:52.008 contents of that and I just wouldn't get ahead speculate on on 32:52.010 --> 32:55.320 a proposal like that this time and broadly speaking 32:56.646 --> 33:00.090 we don't wanna see any children under any threat of children 33:00.090 --> 33:03.950 should be allowed to live freely and grow up to live normal productive 33:04.340 --> 33:05.550 healthy happy lives 33:07.239 --> 33:08.345 yes yes 33:10.050 --> 33:14.921 but it's true anomaly it is true it is true and nazism we wanna 33:14.934 --> 33:18.642 see a formative step by by all parties to restore the common 33:18.642 --> 33:21.860 and animals will hear the jewels he suggests that this of course 33:22.440 --> 33:27.459 will be under your auspices since because love letters to one 33:27.459 --> 33:30.990 point zero and that she saw it's a reason for engagement known 33:30.990 --> 33:34.643 exactly is going on graham she sank the generation after generation 33:34.649 --> 33:38.090 as the children have grown up under occupation in the sense of 33:38.090 --> 33:41.460 despair and opportunities all these things that you really agree 33:41.460 --> 33:45.500 with the things that you know with that sort of in fact fall 33:45.502 --> 33:48.884 in place or mesh will you are outlining new policies and solve 33:49.109 --> 33:53.252 for or anywhere as matter fact with that why would you look is 33:53.252 --> 33:58.529 an event said positively ascension as ejection will get them 33:58.639 --> 34:01.450 as far as I know we haven't gotten this letter and I have seen 34:01.450 --> 34:04.600 reports of it and reports of his proposals really don't think 34:04.600 --> 34:09.646 it's wise to speculate about this specific proposal that is report 34:09.658 --> 34:13.770 of the in this letter we haven't done it it's as you said it's 34:13.830 --> 34:16.800 not just the secretary suggested approach in an unlucky to get 34:16.800 --> 34:20.260 ahead of the how the white house would respond at this time but 34:20.390 --> 34:25.120 in general obviously we wanna see them the kinds of conditions 34:26.140 --> 34:30.620 there that can move us forward to a two state solution and productive 34:30.750 --> 34:34.860 path forward here and leadership on all all sides to help us 34:34.860 --> 34:40.320 get there so the children on all sides can live normal happy 34:40.320 --> 34:43.170 healthy lives in an obviously that's that's the whole reason 34:43.170 --> 34:45.090 why we still consider are still 34:46.530 --> 34:51.110 favor moving ga two stages so that there can be of a more peaceful 34:51.110 --> 34:54.420 future for castle now the female gamete or pro child 34:55.759 --> 34:59.350 which is always good to mount auburn was a wheelchair and that 34:59.350 --> 35:06.538 is I am the secretary has often when asked about them current 35:06.541 --> 35:12.910 political campaigns of demurred or only made very brief comments 35:12.910 --> 35:18.520 related to what he's heard or leaders supporting he and his commencement 35:18.520 --> 35:25.368 address when a bit further than it has in the past the emitted 35:25.371 --> 35:32.111 joke about the diverse graduate class graduating class being 35:32.111 --> 35:37.720 donald trump's worst nightmare he alluded to the carnival barker 35:38.820 --> 35:42.660 type campaigning understory has he decided that he is going to 35:42.660 --> 35:46.120 weigh in or on the campaign or 35:47.880 --> 35:52.768 in general under him and was on the season the ithaca secretary 35:52.770 --> 35:58.118 simply trying to and the name enjoy a light moment with the the 35:58.120 --> 36:03.570 graduates um and there was really nothing more than that he is 36:03.570 --> 36:08.670 you know um has made a point to stay out of the political fray 36:09.203 --> 36:13.355 and as secretary of state I don't see that changing so this was 36:13.355 --> 36:17.843 a it was tested on a one off the job because he did get it wasn't 36:17.856 --> 36:20.333 just the job as there was more serious 36:21.730 --> 36:26.644 in terms of asa and the wall of your house 36:27.919 --> 36:32.211 but look at the races was set up it would eventually monster 36:32.211 --> 36:33.230 fitted was a. Racist 36:35.490 --> 36:40.150 he has repeatedly talked about the concerns that he hears from 36:40.150 --> 36:43.891 foreign leaders when work of traveling around the world were 36:43.891 --> 36:47.440 concerned that they've expressed about the rhetoric on the campaign 36:47.780 --> 36:51.430 and the anxiety that some of that rhetoric is causing foreign 36:51.430 --> 36:53.813 leaders around the world and he's talked about the equator the 36:54.280 --> 36:59.047 m and he's not living in a bubble he sees around him and he's 36:59.048 --> 37:01.980 obviously concerned about some of the chp from the tone and the 37:01.980 --> 37:04.639 fact that that's having on foreign leaders but if you're asking 37:04.639 --> 37:09.016 me is is in a league because he enjoyed a lighthearted moment 37:09.016 --> 37:12.559 was staged to days ago is easy change his calculus now to to 37:12.921 --> 37:17.750 to more aggressively in jump entered into active debates about 37:17.750 --> 37:20.310 what's going on on the campaign trail the answer's no oka so 37:20.310 --> 37:21.386 we should not expected 37:22.650 --> 37:27.534 killian should not expect him to add to to change his view that 37:27.534 --> 37:30.983 as secretary of state he needs to stay in we'll stay out of the 37:30.983 --> 37:34.179 pool from 1006 and 37:36.018 --> 37:43.076 it it was it it was it was a joke intended to lighten up but 37:43.076 --> 37:46.370 an audience of students that we're graduating from. College 37:49.000 --> 37:52.431 because he also said that england would be better off without 37:52.431 --> 37:57.304 the use of the repeat unit is a complicated policies of the efforts 37:57.468 --> 38:02.000 of the i'm not going to respond to that now we are just part 38:02.000 --> 38:05.740 of the campaign rhetoric that I have and will continue to scrupulously 38:05.740 --> 38:10.820 avoid engaging in a tit for tat for for every comment made by 38:10.820 --> 38:15.610 every candidate for political office though that that's not appropriate 38:15.850 --> 38:18.849 that discussion from from this podium in an act on or engage 38:18.849 --> 38:22.650 in it I am the secretary has said himself he believes in a strong 38:22.650 --> 38:27.020 u k and in europe and in the european union out of president 38:27.020 --> 38:31.550 obama as well very clearly about our views in that regard and 38:31.550 --> 38:34.245 I don't have anything more to add. Origines 38:36.542 --> 38:42.320 the un security council or a press statement on the irs claudia 38:42.664 --> 38:48.787 quieted the lady that I I don't have her and optically energy 38:48.819 --> 38:52.240 densities literary picket ship out all take a look at that i'm 38:52.240 --> 38:55.082 not aware of a specific delays the huguenots alerting effect 38:55.745 --> 38:58.327 yes yes 38:59.853 --> 39:03.860 several dozen iron man's raided a mosque in crimea 39:05.110 --> 39:09.437 and the captured almost a hundred crimean qatar's knife out later 39:09.548 --> 39:13.732 the that the tsar's we are free but they were told to come to 39:13.750 --> 39:19.330 police are you aware of that and said that you have any reaction 39:19.330 --> 39:24.571 of such kind of religious persecution in crimea i'm not aware 39:24.571 --> 39:28.749 of those reports I think you have before a child is your commentary 39:28.757 --> 39:31.388 from the podium you had let me as a lack of get smart 39:33.201 --> 39:36.453 victims of the old line of the district or question him and the 39:36.453 --> 39:40.960 group acting on that plane crash now till we can get more information 39:40.960 --> 39:44.020 about what happened here doesn't have to get going i'm afraid 39:44.020 --> 39:45.070 thinking very much.