TEST. TEST. TEST. TEST. TEST. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WE WILL START WITH SOME OPENING COMMENTS. I HAVE AN ECHO OVER THERE.
THE UNITED STATES IS DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED BY RUSSIAN VETO THAT QUOTE RUSSIA'S VETO. — DOUBLE THE FUN. I DO NOT THINK THAT IS TRUE. WE WILL TRY IT AGAIN. THE UNITED STATES IS DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED BY RUSSIA'S VETO OF THE UNITED NATIONS SECURITY.
COUNCIL 17 AND 18 COMMITTEE — MANDATE RENEWAL. WE ARE ALSO DISAPPOINTED THAT THE PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF CHINA DECIDED TO ABSTAIN AFTER 14 YEARS OF SUPPORTING THIS IMPORTANT MANDATE. FOR THE PAST 15 YEARS, THE 1718 COMMITTEE PANEL OF EXPERT HAS.
BEEN THE GOLD STANDARD FOR PROVIDING FACT BASED INDEPENDENT ANALYSIS AND RECOMMENDATIONS ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF U.N. SANCTIONS ON THE DPRK. THROUGHOUT THOSE 15 YEARS, THE PANEL OF EXPERTS OF SECURITY COUNCIL'S UNANIMOUS SUPPORT.
UP UNTIL THIS YEAR, HAS BEEN RENEWED BY CONSENSUS. RUSSIA'S ACTIONS TODAY HAVE CYNICALLY UNDERMINED INTERNATIONAL PEACE AND SECURITY , ALSO ADVANCED THE CORRUPT BARGAIN THAT MOSCOW HAS STRUCK WITH DPRK. MOSCOW APPEARS TO BE INTENT ON.
FACILITATING THE DPRK'S ILLEGAL PURSUIT OF WEAPONS OF MASS DISTRACTION. AND IT'S VETO TODAY WITH A SELF- INTERESTED EFFORT TO BURY THE PANELS REPORTING ON ITS OWN COLLUSION WITH THE DPRK TO SECURE WEAPONS THAT IT CAN USE TO FURTHER ITS AGGRESSION.
AGAINST UKRAINE. RUSSIA ALONE WILL OWN THE OUTCOME OF THIS VETO. THE DPRK MORE EMBOLDENED TO RECKLESS BEHAVIOR AND DESTABILIZING PROVOCATIONS, AS WELL AS REDUCE PROSPECTS FOR AN ENDURING PEACE ON THE PENINSULA. DESPITE TODAY'S VETO AND — ALL.
SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS AND U.N. MEASURES ADDRESSING THE DPRK'S UNLAWFUL WMD AND BALLISTIC MISSILE — MISSILE PROGRAM REMAIN IN EFFECT. WE WILL CONTINUE TO COUNTERACT DPRK'S UNLAWFUL ACTIONS, WORK WITH A MOP — STATES TO LIMIT THE THREAT POSED BY THE DPRK,.
AND RESPOND TO EFFORTS BY ITS ENABLERS TO — FROM RESPONSIBILITY. WITH THAT, SEAN? >> LET ME FOLLOW UP WITH THAT. RUSSIA, IT WILL OWN THE OUTCOME OF THE VETO? CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT YOU MEAN BY THAT?.
OBVIOUSLY YOU SAY RUSSIA HAS SELF INTEREST. DO YOU THINK THERE ANY REPERCUSSIONS, IS THERE ANYTHING THE U.S. OR ELSEWHERE SHOULD DO TO FORCE THE SANCTIONS A BIT MORE? >> THE SANCTIONS WILL CONTINUE TO BE IN EFFECT AS I SAID.
BUT UNFORTUNATELY, THIS IMPORTANT PANEL HAS NOT SEEN IT MANDATE RENEWED. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK — SECURE INFORMATION ABOUT THE DPRK'S PURSUIT OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO MAKE THAT INFORMATION PUBLIC AND MAKE IT AVAILABLE TO.
OTHER MEMBERS OF THE SECURITY COUNCIL. BUT I THINK WHAT WE HAVE SEEN AS A RESULT OF — OR WHAT WE WILL SEE AS A RESULT OF RUSSIA'S ACTIONS IS A DPRK THAT IS INVOLVED IN. IT CONTINUES TO BE LARGELY ISOLATED IN THE WORLD.
BUT WE ARE IN A DIFFERENT PLACE THAN WHEN YOU HAD RUSSIA AND CHINA VOTING TO UPHOLD ACCOUNTABILITY FOR THE DPRK. NICAEA RUSSIA HAS CUT THE BARGAIN WITH THE DPRK BECAUSE IT IS IN DESPERATE NEED OF WEAPONS AND TO PURSUE IT — AGAINST UKRAINE.
YOU SAW TODAY ONE OF THE WAYS THAT RUSSIA IS DEVOURING — DELIVERING ON ITS END UP THE BARGAIN. TRYING TO UNDERCUT WHAT HAD BEEN UNTIL NOW UNANIMOUS UNITED NATIONS COUNSEL ACTIONS. >> JUST TO FOLLOW-UP. I KNOW THE U.S. IS SPOKEN OF.
COOPERATION WITH DPRK AND RUSSIA. WILL THIS PAVE THE WAY FOR COOPERATION? [ INAUDIBLE ] THIS WEEK, IS THERE CONCERN THAT IN LIGHT OF THIS THERE WILL BE GREATER MILITARY COOPERATION? >> I DO NOT THINK WHAT HAPPENED.
TODAY PAVE THE WAY FOR GREATER DPRK COOPERATION. WHAT HAPPENED TODAY IS AN EXAMPLE OF GREATER DPRK AND RUSSIA COOPERATION. WE SAW BACKWASH — COOPERATION KICKOFF LAST YEAR WHEN THERE WAS INCREASED TALKS BETWEEN THE TWO. AND THEN WE HAVE SEEN DPRK.
TRANSFER MILITARY EQUIPMENT TO RUSSIA BUT HAS SHOWN UP ON THE BATTLEFIELD IN UKRAINE. IT'S BEEN USED BY RUSSIA TO FURTHER ITS WAR AGAINST UKRAINE. WE HAVE BEEN WAITING TO SEE HOW — SOME OF THE WAYS RUSSIA WOULD HOLD UP ITS END OF THE.
BARGAIN. I THINK HE'S ON — WE SAW ONE OF THEM TODAY. >> I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAD A REACTION TO THE ICJ — JUST TODAY ON ISRAEL SAYING THAT — ISRAEL MUST ENSURE URGENT HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS — AND FAMINE HAS ALREADY SET IN.
>> TO MY UNDERSTANDING, IT WAS IN THE LAST HOUR. OUR TEAM IS REVIEWING IT RIGHT NOW. I DO NOT HAVE A DETAILED REACTION TO THE FULL TEXT — WE WANT TO REVIEW BEFORE WE GET THAT WILL GIVE THE REACTION. AS A GENERAL PROPOSITION,.
INCREASING HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO GAZA IS SOMETHING WE SUPPORT AND SOMETHING WE HAVE URGED ISRAEL TO HELP FACILITATE. THAT GENERAL CONCLUSION IS VERY MUCH SOMETHING WE AGREE WITH. AS IT PERTAINED TO THE EXACT TEXT TO THE ORDER, I WANT TO.
GIVE THE TEAM TIME TO LOOK INTO IT. >> ONE OTHER THING. USING THE WORD BINDING AGAIN — IS AT THE — THAT MUST COMPLY WITH THIS? >> AGAIN, HAVING NOT EVEN REVIEW THE ORDER MYSELF AND KNOWING THERE IS A TEAM.
REVIEWING, I DO NOT WANT TO RESPOND UNTIL WE HAVE A CHANCE TO DO THAT. >> JUST TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, CAN YOU SAY — IN PRINCIPLE? >> IN PRINCIPLE WE SUPPORT THE WORK OF THE ICJ. BUT I HAVE NOT REVIEWED THE EXACT TEXT TO KNOW HOW IT.
APPLIES IN THIS SENTENCE. I'M LIMITED TO COMMENT ON IT FOR THAT REASON. >> WE MIGHT COME BACK TO THIS. DO YOU HAVE A REACTION ON THE NEW POLICY — CABINET THAT HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED? WHAT DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT? THE U.S. IS CALL TO REFORM OF.
THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY, LOOKING AT THE LIST AND THE FACT THAT A NEW CABINET HAS BEEN ANNOUNCED. IS THIS SOMETHING THAT THE UNITED STATES WELCOMES? >> WE HAVE LONG URGED THE PALESTINIAN — TO FORM A CABINET.
YOU HEARD THE SECRETARY SPEAK TO THIS DURING HIS TRAVEL IN THE REGION. NOW THAT THEY HAVE APPOINTED A NEW CABINET, WE WILL BE LOOKING TO THE NEW GOVERNMENT TO DELIVER ON POLICIES AND IMPLEMENT CREDIBLE AND FAR- REACHING REFORMS.
IT IS SOMETHING WE HAVE SPOKEN TO A NUMBER OF TIMES. OUR BELIEVE THAT A REFORMED P.A. IS ESSENTIAL TO DELIVERING RESULTS FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND ESTABLISHING THE CONDITIONS FOR STABILITY IN BOTH THE WEST BANK AND GAZA.
WE WILL ENGAGE WITH THIS DOCUMENT — GOVERNMENT BASED ON ITS ACTION. AND TRACK THE STEPS TO TAKE TO ADVANCE THE KEY REFORMS AND LOOK FORWARD TO ENGAGING WITH THEM ON THAT MATTER. >> CAN YOU GET INTO WHAT SPECIFIC REFORMS WERE HOPING.
FOR? >> I AM NOT GOING TO GET INTO SPECIFIC REFORMS, BROADLY SPEAKING, WE ENCOURAGE THEM TO IMPLEMENT REFORMS THAT CRACKDOWN ON CORRUPTION. WE'VE ENCOURAGED THEM TO IMPLEMENT REFORMS THAT INCREASE TRANSPARENCY AND MEDIA FREEDOM.
AND INCREASE THE ABILITY FOR CIVIL SOCIETY TO ENGAGE WITH THE GOVERNMENT. >> YOU SAID YOU'RE LOOKING FOR THEM TO, ACT ON POLICY? WHICH POLICIES ARE YOU HOPING? >> THE ONES I JUST REFERRED TO. BUT ALSO, IT IS IMPORTANT. WE HAVE ALWAYS BELIEVED THAT.
THE P.A. NEEDED TO BE A GOVERNMENT THAT IS FULLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PALESTINIAN GOVERNMENT IN THE WEST BANK AND IN GAZA. I DO NOTE THERE ARE PALESTINIANS FROM GAZA WHO ARE MEMBERS OF THIS NEW CABINET. WE HAVE ALWAYS MADE CLEAR WE.
WILL NOT PASS JUDGMENT ON SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS. THAT IS NOT FOR THE UNITED STATES TO DO, THAT IS FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. WE WELCOME THEM TO ASK TO HAVE A CABINET THAT'S FULLY REPRESENTATIVE OF THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE.
NOW WE WILL LOOK TO THEM TO IMPLEMENT POLICIES THAT FOLLOW UP ON REFORM AND DELIVER ON OF THE DEMANDS THAT WE HAVE HEARD OVER AND OVER FROM THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. >> THANK YOU. YOU INDULGE MY COLLEAGUE. I WANT TO GO BACK TO –.
>> I ALWAYS INDULGE YOU, SAEED. — >> THAT IS TRUE. MAYBE I HAVE MORE THIS TIME AROUND. I WANT TO GO BACK TO THE ISSUE OF THE — REPORT YESTERDAY. YOU SAID SHE MADE SOME ANTI- SEMITIC STATEMENTS AND SO ON.
CAN YOU SHARE THOSE STATEMENTS WITH US? >> I CANNOT. I DID NOT THINK THIS WAS A CONTROVERSIAL STATEMENT. SHE MADE A REMARK AT ONE POINT REFERRING TO THE JEWISH LOBBY CONTROLLING AMERICA. IN FACT, EXPRESSED REGRET FOR.
THAT AFTERWARD. THAT IS WHAT I AM REFERRING TO. >> I THINK THE TERM SHE WAS ACCUSED FOR HIS LUNCH USE THE TERM SHOW OFF — >> HOLD ON. I AM NOT REFERRING TO ANYONE ELSE'S COMMENTS. THAT IS NOT WHAT I WAS.
REFERRING TO. >> I UNDERSTAND. THE COMMENT SHE MADE, SHE SAID — IN OUR BACK, THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT IT IS, A CATASTROPHE. >> I AM NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE COMMENT YOU ARE REFERRING TO. THAT IS NOT WHAT I WAS REFERRING TO.
>> YOU ALSO SAID YOU DISAGREE WITH THE POSITION — THAT YOU DO NOT APPROVE HAVING THAT POSITION. WHY NOT? >> WE HAVE BEEN CLEAR THAT WE DO NOT BELIEVE GENOCIDE HAS TAKEN PLACE. WE DO NOT BELIEVE THAT IS THEN.
APPROPRIATE TERM OR CONSTRUCTIVE WANT TO USE IN THAT SENTENCE. >> LET ME ASK YOU, IS THERE REASONABLE DEFINITION OF GENOCIDE THAT WOULD INCLUDE WHAT HAPPENED IN BOSNIA OR TO — AND AT THE SAME TIME, EXCLUDE WHAT IS HAPPENING IN.
GAZA? >> THE DEFINITION OF GENOCIDE. HOLD ON, IT'S WELL-FOUNDED IN OUR INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW. IF YOU LOOK AT THE POSITION THAT THE DEPARTMENT'S LEGAL ADVISERS LAID OUT BEFORE THE ICJ , THEY GO THROUGH THIS CHAPTER.
I WILL NOT REPEAT IT ALL. I — OBVIOUSLY DO NOT HAVE THE FILING. WE DO GO THROUGH EXACTLY WHY WE DO NOT BELIEVE GENOCIDE IS AN APPROPRIATE TERM TO USE. >> ALTHOUGH MANY COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD NOW ARE MORMOR USING THE TIME.
IN FACT, FRANCE, SAID THEY WOULD PROBABLY TRY THE SOLDIERS FOR WAR CRIMES. ANYWAY, LET ME ASK YOU ABOUT A COUPLE OF OTHER THINGS IF YOU ALLOW ME. THE CANADIAN MINISTER. SORRY, THEY SAID THE UNITED STATES EMPLOYED THEM TO CONTINUE.
AIDING — CAN YOU CONFIRM THAT? THE AMBASSADOR TO THE U.N. EMPLOY THE CANADIANS TO CONTINUE AIDING — >> I WILL NOT GET INTO PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC CONVERSATION. WE HAVE ALWAYS MADE CLEAR THAT THE WORK THAT UMBRA DOES IS IMPORTANT.
HOLD ON. I SEE THE INTERRUPTION COMING. >> IT IS A HABIT. >> IT IS FINE. WE HAVE ALWAYS MADE CLEAR WE SUPPORT THE WORK THAT UMBRA DOES. AND WE HAVE ALWAYS MADE CLEAR THE WORK IS NOT INTERRUPTED,.
EVEN THOUGH IT WE THOUGHT IT WAS APPROPRIATE ON BEHALF OF THE U.S. TO SUSPEND OUR FUNDING. NOW, THE FUNDING HAS BEEN BLOCKED GOING FORWARD. WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH OTHER COUNTRIES ABOUT DIFFERENT WAYS TO ENSURE THE DELIVERY OF.
HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE IS NOT INTERRUPTED. AND THAT IT CONTINUES. AGAIN, I THINK YOU HAVE TO GO BACK TO SOMETHING I SAID BEFORE THAT HAS BEEN LOST A LITTLE BIT. WHEN WE SUSPENDED OUR FUNDING,.
WE ONLY HAD AN UPCOMING FUNDING — PAYMENT OF ABOUT $300,000. NOT A MAJOR, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE OVERALL FUNDING WE PROVIDED. IT WAS NOT A MAJOR AMOUNT OF MONEY WE WERE PROVIDING ANY TIME FOR THIS NUMBER. ANYWAY. WE HAVE BEEN WORKING WITH OTHER.
COUNTRIES TO MAKE SURE THAT WORK CAN CONTINUE. >> BY THE WAY, THIS SUSPENSION, NOW THAT SOMETHING IS BLOCKED. DOES THAT MAKE THE INVESTIGATION MOOT? >> WITH RESPECT TO THE QUESTION OF U.S. FUNDING, IT IS NOW BLOCKED.
>> YOU ARE NOW WAITING ON THE RESULTS? >> HOLD ON. MEMBERS OF CONGRESS, I AM SURE YOU WANT TO SEE THE RESULTS OF THAT INVESTIGATION TO DECIDE WHAT THEY MIGHT DO IN FUTURE FUNDING CYCLES. CERTAINLY WE WANT TO SEE THE.
RESULT OF THAT INVESTIGATION AS WELL. AND WE SHOULD NOTE OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE STATED THEY WANTED TO SEE IT, AND THE U.N. THEMSELVES, WHICH COMMISSIONED THIS INVESTIGATION ON ITS OWN ACCORD. THEY HAVE MADE IT CLEAR IT'S.
IMPORTANT THAT THEY GET A TIMELY FULL ACCOUNTING OF WHAT THAT INVESTIGATION SHOWS. >> FINALLY, AN ISRAELI OFFICER — SAID THAT ISRAEL ENGAGED IN WASTE OVER BOMBING. HE SAID WE COULD HAVE DONE THE SAME THING WITH THE 10% OF THE KIND OF DESTRUCTION THAT THEY.
LEVIED ON GAZA. HAVE YOU >>? >> I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT COMMENT, I'M NOT SURE I FOLLOW. >> HE SAID ISRAEL ENGAGED IN OVERKILL, IN THE AMOUNT OF BOMBING, THE WASTE AND DESTRUCTION OF URBAN AREAS AND.
SO ON. THEY COULD HAVE DONE EXACTLY THE SAME THING WITH 10% OF THE DESTRUCTION. HAVE YOU SEEN THAT REPORT? MAYBE YOU OUGHT TO TAKE A LOOK AT IT. >> I HAVE NOT SEEN THAT SPECIFIC COMMENT.
OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE URGED THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL TO TAKE EVERY STEP IT CAN TO MINIMIZE HARM TO CIVILIANS AND MINIMIZE HARM TO CIVILIAN INFRASTRUCTURE. >> THANK YOU. — >> HE GOT SOME DETAILS WITH.
COMMUNICATION BETWEEN RUSSIA AND MOSCOW AND IRAQ. AND LAST WEEK'S ATTACK. HE SAID IT'S A WRITTEN WARNING TO RUSSIANS. LAST MONTH. AND HE ALSO SAID IT WAS A BOMB FOR MULTIPLE — SINCE LAST SEPTEMBER.
CAN YOU HELP US UNPACK — HOW MANY HAVE — RUSSIA PREVENTED FROM ATTACKING? FINALLY, WHY DO YOU THINK THEY CHOSE NOT TO ACT ON THIS — >> I THINK YOU WILL BE DISAPPOINTED, UNFORTUNATELY, I AM NOT ABLE TO PROVIDE FURTHER INFORMATION.
AS USUAL, WHEN IT COMES TO INFORMATION WE ARE ABLE TO DECLASSIFY AND MAKE PUBLIC, THERE IS A LIMIT OF WHAT WE CAN SAY TO PROTECT SOURCES AND METHODS. THAT IS VERY MUCH THE CASE HERE. WHAT I CAN SAY IS, WITH THE.
ADMIRALS THAT IS, ON MARCH 7th, WE PROVIDED A WARNING TO MOSCOW. WE PROVIDED CLEAR AND DETAILED INFORMATION ABOUT THE TERRORIST THREAT TO LARGE GATHERINGS, INCLUDING CONCERTS. THE NEXT DAY WE PUT OUT A PUBLIC WARNING URGING CITIZENS TO AVOID LARGE GATHERINGS.
AND THAT WAS NOT THE FIRST WARNING WE HAVE GIVEN TO RUSSIA. WHEN IT COMES TO WHY THEY DID NOT TAKE ANY ACTION OR WHY THEY DID NOT TAKE SUFFICIENT ACTION OR WHETHER THEY COULD HAVE TAKEN SUFFICIENT ACTION, I CANNOT SPEAK TO THAT. >> SO THEY CHOSE NOT TO TAKE.
ACTION? >> THAT IS NOT WHAT I SAID. >> THE ROUTE THAT THE REALITY IS, THEY DID NOT. >> THE OBVIOUS LEE DID NOT PREVENT THE TERRORIST ATTACK. I CANNOT SPEAK TO ANY ACTIONS. >> AND THEN THEY STARTED TO BLAME UKRAINE.
AND THEY SAID THEY HAVE FAXED THAT IT IS FROM UKRAINE. WITH THE INTENTION THERE? [ INAUDIBLE ] >> A DELIBERATE WHAT? >> WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE KNOWLEDGE, THEY WANTED TO GO AROUND IT. >> I DON'T THINK THERE IS ANY.
CIRCLE THAT NEED TO BE SQUARED. I THINK THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT IS PUTTING TOWARDS THIS INFORMATION. I THINK THAT HAS BEEN VERY CLEAR THEY ARE TRYING TO USE TERRORIST ATTACK, THIS TRAGIC INCIDENT, WHERE WE SAW RUSSIAN CITIZENS KILLED TO JUSTIFY.
THEIR AGGRESSION IN UKRAINE. THE UNDERLYING FACTS DO NOT MATTER. THEY WANT TO MAKE UP SUPPOSE IT FAXED TO BACK UP WHAT THEY WANT TO DO. THAT IS WHAT THEY HAVE DONE SINCE THE OFFSET OF THIS WAR, SADLY, THAT IS WHAT THEY ARE.
DOING HERE. >> — — [ INAUDIBLE ] IS THERE ANY ACTIVE OFFER ON THE U.S. SIDE? THEY HAVE NOT RESPONDED YET? >> I HAVE NEVER SPOKEN IN THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL IN OUR WORK TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF — OR PAUL WHELAN, I WILL NOT DO SO.
TODAY. >> ONE MORE IF I MAY. RUSSIA HAS BEEN UNEASY ABOUT THESE MEETINGS. EVER SAID YESTERDAY, SHE SAID IT WAS DIVISIVE. SHE SAID THE WEST IS TRYING TO “CREATE NEW REPS”. –.
>> IF ANYTHING, SOME OF THE TURBULENCE WE HAVE SEEN IN THE REGION HAS BEEN FUELED BY RUSSIA'S ACTIONS OVER THE PAST FEW MONTHS. WITH RESPECT TO THIS MEETING IN BRUSSELS, AS I SAID YESTERDAY, IT IS TO FOCUS ON ECONOMIC RESILIENCE FOR ARMENIA AS IT.
WORKS TO DIVERSIFY ITS TRADE PARTNERSHIP AND HUMANITARIAN NEEDS AND NOTHING ELSE. >> ON WEDNESDAY, 11 WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS WERE SENTENCED TO 60 YEARS — A TOTAL OF SIX YEARS IN DECO IMPRISONMENT IN IRAN, I WAS WONDERING IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS.
>> WE CONTEND THAT IRANIANS USE OF HARSH SENTENCES TO INTIMIDATE — AND SUPPRESS THEIR VOICES. AS IRAN'S LEADERSHIP CONTINUES, ITS VIOLENT CRACKDOWN — THEY SHOULD KNOW THE WORLD IS WATCHING. ONGOING, WIDESPREAD REPORTS OF TORTURE — UNDERMINE ANY STRAIN.
OF CREDIBILITY IN THE DECISIONS HANDED DOWN BY THE URANIAN COURT. THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES TO COORDINATE WITH OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS TO CONDEMN THE SHAM TRIAL AND — ACCOUNTABILITY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO TAKE ACTION TO SUPPORT THE PEOPLE OF IRAN.
IN PRACTICAL WAYS. BOTH SEEN AND UNSEEN IN COORDINATION WITH OUR ALLIES AND PARTNERS. >> THANK YOU. — AFGHANISTAN, THE FAMILY OF AMERICAN CITIZEN DETAINED BY THE TALLY BAND, RELEASED A STATEMENT THIS WEEK THINK THEY HAVE.
RECEIVED A DISTURBING PHONE CALL FROM HIM. IN WHICH THE FAMILY SAYS IT WAS CLEAR THAT HIS MENTAL AND PHYSICAL HEALTH IS SIGNIFICANTLY DETERIORATING. CBS NEWS INTERVIEWED THE FAMILY IN DECEMBER LAST YEAR. THEY HIGHLIGHTED THE SAME.
CONCERN ABOUT HIS HEALTH. AND I BELIEVE AT THE TIME, TOM WEST HAD A MEETING WITH THE TALLY BAND. I WAS WONDERING IF YOU COULD UPDATE WITH ANY TALKS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND TALIBAN. >> LET ME JUST SAY, WITH RESPECT TO THE FAMILY, AS IS.
ALWAYS THE CASE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT PEOPLE WHO HAVE THEIR LOVED ONES BEING WRONGFULLY DETAINED OVERSEAS, I CANNOT IMAGINE THE PAIN THEY ARE GOING THROUGH. AND THE GRIEF THEY ARE SUFFERING AND HOW DIFFICULT IT MUST BE KNOWING THAT THEIR.
LOVED ONE IS GOING THROUGH SUCH A TRAGIC HARDSHIP. SO WHAT I CAN SAY TO THE FAMILY AND WHAT I CAN SAY TO THE AMERICAN PUBLIC ON BEHALF OF THIS GOVERNMENT, IS WE ARE WORKING EVERY DAY TO TRY TO BRING RYAN CORBETT HOME. WE HAVE CONTINUALLY PRESSED,.
INCLUDING IN OUR MEETINGS WITH TALIBAN REPRESENTATIVES FOR THE IMMEDIATE AND UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF RYAN CORBETT ANOTHER AMERICANS DETAINED IN AFGHANISTAN. WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR TO THE TALIBAN THAT THESE DETENTIONS ARE A SIGNIFICANT OBSTACLE TO.
POSITIVE ENGAGEMENT. AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO DO THAT. END. >> MATT, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU SAW THE WORD IN THE POLITICAL JOURNAL ABOUT THE DAY AFTER GAZA — THE TALKS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND REGIONAL PARTNERS. ACCORDING TO THE REPORT, –.
THERE ARE TWO IDEAS THAT CAME — ARE GAINING TRACTION. WANTS TO FORM AN INTERNATIONAL TASK FORCE AND THE SECOND IS TO FORM A PEACEKEEPING PALESTINIAN FORCE. MY QUESTION IS, IF YOU CAN, IS THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY INCLUDED IN THESE TALKS?.
>> I AM NOT GOING TO SPEAK TO PRIVATE DIPLOMATIC CONVERSATIONS OR SPEAK TO WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE. — REPORTED ANONYMOUS COMMENTS FROM REPORTED OFFICIAL INSIDE THE UNITED THIS GOVERNMENT. WHAT I WILL SAY IS, WHAT THE UNITED DATE HAS MADE CLEAR, AND.
THE SECRETARY FIRST MADE IT CLEAR IN HIS SPEECH IN TOKYO LAST NOVEMBER, THERE ARE A FEW PRINCIPLES WE WANT TO SEEP APPLIED WHEN THE CONFLICT END. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY SHOULD GOVERN BOTH GAZA AND THE WEST BANK.
WE WANT TO SEE A UNITED WEST BANK AND GAZA THAT IS GOVERNED BY THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE THROUGH THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY. WE HAVE ENGAGED IN TALKS WITH PARTNER COUNTRIES IN THE REGION AND WE HAVE ENGAGED IN TALKS WITH THE PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY'S.
— ABOUT WHAT EXACTLY THAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE. AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PROPOSALS ON THE TABLE. I WILL NOT GO INTO THAT HERE FOR OBVIOUS REGIONS. WE HAVE ENGAGED WITH PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY AND WITH.
COUNTRIES IN THE REGION ABOUT THE FULL PANOPLY OF POST- CONFLICT ISSUES THAT GAZA WILL FACE. >> HE SAID BEFORE ON THIS PODIUM THAT COUNTRIES IN THE REGION ARE COMMITTED TO GAZZA THE DAY AFTER. BUT THEY WANT SOMETHING FROM.
ISRAEL TO BE COMMITTED. FOR EXAMPLE, TO THE TWO STATE SOLUTION. — IS REALLY STILL DO NOT WANT TO COMMIT TO THIS. IS THERE ANY OF DATE IN YOUR TALK WITH ISRAEL ABOUT THAT? HAVE YOU BEEN ABLE TO PUSH THEM BEYOND THEIR –.
>> I DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE TO OFFER. OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE SPOKEN TO THIS A NUMBER OF OCCASIONS. THE WORK WE HAVE BEEN DOING WITH OUR OUR PARTNERS IS PUTTING TOGETHER NOT JUST NEBULOUS IDEA, BUT A CONCRETE PROPOSAL OF WHAT THIS MIGHT.
LOOK LIKE. POST-CONFLICT GOVERNANCE WOULD LOOK LIKE, BOTH AS IT PERTAINS TO SECURITY AND GAZA AND THE REBUILDING AND RECONSTRUCTION OF GAZA AND A POLITICAL PATH FORWARD FOR THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE. THAT ANSWERS THEIR VERY LEGITIMATE ASPIRATIONS.
AS PART OF THAT, WE HAVE HAD DISCUSSIONS WITH SAUDI ARABIA ABOUT HOW TO FURTHER INTEGRATE ISRAEL WITH ITS NEIGHBORS, INCLUDING SAUDI ARABIA. THOSE ARE DISCUSSIONS THAT ARE ONGOING AS WELL. THAT WORK CONTINUES. BUT AT SOME POINT, OUR GOAL IS.
SOMETHING TO PUT FORWARD, TO PUT IT ON THE TABLE FOR ISRAEL TO LOOK AT AREAS UNTIL WE GET TO THAT POINT, AND IT IS SOMETHING WE ARE WORKING ON EVERY DAY, I DO NOT WANT TO SPECULATE ON WHAT THE DECISIONS MIGHT LOOK LIKE. >> WHAT ROLE WILL THE.
PALESTINIAN AUTHORITY PLAY IN THE OPERATION OF — IN GAZA IN TWO OR THREE WEEKS? >> I WOULD DEFER TO THE PENTAGON FOR THAT QUESTION. THEY ARE THE LEAD IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THIS PEER. FOR THAT DETAIL, I WOULD REFER TO THEM.
>> — >> I WOULD DEFER TO THE PENTAGON FOR THAT QUESTION. THE P.A. IS NOT CURRENTLY OPERATING IN GAZA. I KNOW THEY HAVE EMPLOYEES THAT WERE IN GAZA. BUT THE P.A.
HAS NOT BEEN THE GOVERNING AUTHORITY IN GAZA FOR SOME TIME. SO WHEN IT COMES TO ANY KIND OF CONCRETE ROLE IN THAT OPERATION OF THE — I WOULD HAVE TO DEFER TO THE PENTAGON. >> IT IS SAID THE ISRAELIS HAVE AGREED TO ACTUALLY PROVIDE SECURITY FOR THE OPERATION, ARE.
YOU AWARE OF THAT? >> I'VE SEEN THOSE REPORTS. I DO NOT HAVE CONFIRMATION OF THAT. >> A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO I TALKED TO ABOUT REPEAT INSTANCES OF ISRAELI SOLDIERS — GOING THROUGH WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR.
WITH ALLEGATIONS OF SEXUAL ABUSE , AND ALLEGATIONS THAT THE TORTURED STAFFERS FOR — WE HAVE HAD TROUBLING DETAILS OF THESE ALLEGATIONS, INCLUDING SOLDIERS STICKING ELECTRIC RIGHTS OF PEOPLE IN IS IS. WE'VE SEEN PILES OF PHOTOS AND IMAGES OF SOLDIERS PARADING.
THROUGH WOMEN'S UNDERWEAR. WHAT ARE THE UPDATES OF THOSE INSTANCES? AND WHAT IS THE UPDATE NOW THE THIS TO SEEMINGLY HAPPEN. >> I WOULD SAY WHENEVER WE SEE THESE REPORTS, WE MAKE TO — CLEAR TO THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT — THEY NEED TO BE.
INVESTIGATED. IF APPROPRIATE, THERE NEEDS TO BE ACCOUNTABILITY. I WOULD REFER YOU TO A COMMENT THAT THE IDF ADVOCATE GENERAL — MAJOR GENERAL — I BELIEVE IS THE CHIEF INVESTIGATOR FOR THE IDF THAT SEVERAL WEEKS AGO IN A LETTER, HE WROTE AND SAID,.
— ENCOUNTERED ACTIONS BY SOLDIERS THAT DO NOT MEET IDF VALUES, THEY GO AGAINST MARY — DISCIPLINARY VALUES. CAUSING DAMAGE TO ISRAEL AND THE INTERNATIONAL AREA. THESE AXON STATEMENTS ON THE PART OF INDIVIDUALS WHO REPRESENT — HAVE NO PLACE IN.
THE IDF. AND YOU SAW THE CHIEF OF STAFF OF THE IDF SAY, WE MUST BE CAREFUL NOT TO USE FORCE WERE IT IS NOT REQUIRED TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN A TERRORIST AND WHO IS NOT, NOT TO TAKE ANYTHING THAT IS NOT OURS, SOUVENIR WEAPONS AND NOT TO.
REVENGE VIDEOS. THE IDF HAS MADE VERY CLEAR IT SO, THIS IS NOT THE U.S. SPEAKING, THEY HAVE SEEN INAPPROPRIATE ACTIONS TAKE PLACE BY IDF SOLDIERS AND THEY NEED TO BE INVESTIGATED. AND THOSE RESPONSIBLE NEED TO BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE.
WE WOULD VERY MUCH AGREE WITH THAT. >> ON THE SEXUAL ABUSE ALLEGATIONS, ANY UPDATE? >> I DO NOT HAVE AN UPDATE. >> ON THE ASSURANCES. EARLIER YOU SAID AFTER RECEIVING ASSURANCES FROM ISRAEL THAT THERE ARE NOT GOING.
THROUGH — HUMANITARIAN LAW, I WONDER WHAT THESE — LOOK LIKE. WE HAVE ALWAYS SEEN PROOF FROM THE U.N., AND FOOTAGE FROM THE PAST FEW WEEKS, OVER AND OVER, ISRAEL IS SEEMINGLY TARGETING CIVILIANS, HOSPITALS, CHURCHES. FOOTAGE YESTERDAY SHOWED ISRAELI SOLDIERS EXECUTING –.
PALESTINIANS WAVING WHITE FLAGS. — WITH ALL OF THIS, HOW IS ISRAEL NOT VALIDATING — VIOLATING HUMANITARIAN LAW? IS IT JUST ISRAEL SAYING THAT THEY ARE NOT AND EVIDENTLY CONTINUING TO DO SO. >> I SPOKE TO THIS EXCESSIVELY ON MONDAY AND TUESDAY.
I WANT TO SPARE EVERYONE 15 OR 20 MINUTES OF ME — THE NATIONAL SECURITY MEMO AGAIN. WHAT I WILL SAY IS, WE RECEIVED ASSURANCES FROM THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL THAT ARE CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE NATIONAL SECURITY MEMO. BUT I THINK THE UNDERLYING.
QUESTION, WE LOOK TO THOSE ASSURANCE SAYS THROUGH A LENS OF ONGOING PROCESSES THAT WE HAVE TO ANSWER THESE VERY QUESTIONS. AND WE DO HAVE PROCESSES GOING ON, EXAMINING SPECIFIC INCIDENTS IN THE CONDUCT OF THE CAMPAIGN. AND THOSE PROCESSES ARE ONGOING.
THEY HAVE NOT REACHED A FINAL DETERMINATION AT THIS POINT. >> THANK YOU. I AM WONDERING IF YOU HAVE ANY REACTION OR COMMENTS ABOUT THE HAMAS LEADERS VISIT TO IRAN. [ INAUDIBLE ] THE U.N. SECURITY RESOLUTION. >> I WILL NOT RESPOND BROADLY.
TO SOMETHING THAT THE LEADER OF HAMAS SAID. I WOULD SAY, WITH RESPECT TO THE UN SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, WE MADE VERY CLEAR HOURS POSITION ON THE RESOLUTION. IT'S CONSISTENT WITH OUR LONG- STANDING POSITION THAT THERE.
OUGHT TO BE A CEASE-FIRE LINKED TO THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES. THAT IS WHAT WE BELIEVE — >> DO YOU HAVE ANY SENSE THAT THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY SUPPORT [ INAUDIBLE ] >> IF YOU LOOK AROUND THE WORLD, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF COUNTRIES THAT HAVE NOT.
SUPPORTED ISRAEL'S ACTIONS FROM THE BEGINNING. THAT HAS BEEN PRETTY CLEAR AND NOT AT ALL IN THIS VIEW. AND THERE HAVE BEEN COUNTRIES, LIKE THE U.S., THAT HAVE BACKED ISRAEL'S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF. WHILE DISAGREEING WITH SOME WAYS THEY WENT ABOUT DOING.
THIS. AND CALLING ON THEM TO DO MORE TO PROTECT CIVILIANS AND INCREASE THE DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE. >> INDIA SUBMITTED THE FINDINGS OF THE — MURDER OF [ INAUDIBLE ] CAN YOU SHARE DETAILS? >> I WILL HAVE TO GET BACK TO.
YOU. I HAVE NOT SEEN THOSE REPORTS. >> AFTER THE ATTACK IN MOSCOW, — ARE WARNING THE GROUP HAS SET ITS SIGHTS ON WESTERN TARGETS. HOW WOULD YOU RESPOND? >> SET ITS SIGHTS ON WHAT? >> I MISSED THE MIDDLE PART?.
>> THERE IS A WARNING THAT THE GROUP HAS SET ITS SIGHTS ON WESTERN TARGETS. >> I SEE. WE REMAIN VIGILANT AGAINST THE EVOLVING THREAT OPPOSED BY TERRORIST GROUPS, INCLUDING ISYS K. WE HAVE AN UNWAVERING — SINCE THE PRESIDENT TOOK.
OFFICE THREE YEARS AGO WORKING UNILATERALLY AND WITH OUR PARTNERS TO SUCCESSFULLY DISRUPT ATTACKS ACROSS THE GLOBE WILL — IN 2022, U.S. MILITARY FORCES SUCCESSFULLY TARGETED — THE LEADER OF ISYS LATER THAT YEAR. — THE U.S. CLEARING AIR STRIKE.
IN AFGHANISTAN THAT KILLED THE AMIR OF DIFFERENT TERRORIST GROUP, AL QAEDA. — AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HOLD ISYS ACCOUNTABLE FOR ITS ACTIONS AND PREVENT TERRORIST ATTACKS AGAINST THE UNITED STATES AND OTHER WESTERN COUNTRIES.
>> THE MEAT HIDEOUT FOR THESE TERRORIST GROUPS ARE — THE U.S. [ INAUDIBLE ] WHO POSE A THREAT TO AMERICAN INTERESTS. IS THERE ANY ACTION EXPECTED? >> WE REMAIN COMMITTED TO ENSURE AFGHANISTAN CAN NEVER AGAIN BE A LAUNCHING PAD FOR TERRORISM.
AND WE CONTINUE TO PUSH THE TALIBAN TO FULFILL ALL OF THEIR COUNTERTERRORISM COMMITMENT TO THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. WE MADE CLEAR TO TALIBAN IT IS THEIR RESPONSIBILITY TO ENSURE THE GIVE NO SAFE HAVEN TO TERRACE, WHETHER IT BE AL QAEDA OR ISIS K. AND WE REMAIN.
VIGILANT AGAINST THESE TERRORIST GROUPS. — AND THE C5 +1 HELP INTENSIFY OUR EFFORTS TO MONITOR TERRORIST THREATS FOR THE REGION, AND PREVENT THEIR ABILITY TO RAISE FUNDS, TRAVEL AND SPREAD PROPAGANDA. >> [ INAUDIBLE ] THIS VIOLATES.
THE UNDERSTANDING IN BARBADOS — WHAT DOES THIS MEAN ABOUT A POTENTIAL — FOR SANCTIONS? >> WE REMAIN DEEPLY CONCERNED. IT IS NOT JUST THE U.S., IT IS OUR REGIONAL PARTNERS WHO SHARE THIS CONCERN ABOUT DECISIONS BY THE VENEZUELAN NATIONAL ELECTORAL COUNCIL TO PREVENT.
OPPOSITION PARTIES FROM REGISTERING CANDIDATES FOR THE UPCOMING RESIDENTIAL ELECTION. WE WILL CONTINUE TO MAKE CLEAR TO MADURO AND HIS REPRESENTATIVES THAT THERE NEEDS TO BE — THEY NEED TO AND THE JAILING AND HARASSMENT OF CIVIL SOCIETY MEMBERS.
AND THEY NEED TO ALLOW A FREE AND FAIR ELECTION. AND THEN AS WE HAVE MADE CLEAR, ACTIONS THAT RUN COUNTER TO THE LETTER AND SPIRIT OF THE BARBADOS AGREEMENT WILL HAVE CONSEQUENCES. WE HAVE SPOKEN TO THE FACT THAT THERE IS A GENERAL LICENSE THAT.
EXPIRES NEXT MY. I AM NOT GOING TO MAKE ANY DETERMINATIONS HERE ABOUT WHAT DECISION WILL TAKE THEM. BUT WE HAVE BEEN VERY CLEAR WITH MADURO AND HIS REPRESENTATIVES ABOUT WHAT WE EXPECT HIM TO TAKE IN WITH THE CONSEQUENCES COULD BE IF THEY.
DO NOT. >> JUST A FOLLOW-UP, YOU ARE SAYING THERE IS NO DISCRIMINATION AS OF NOW — IS THERE STILL TIME? >> WE HAVE MADE CLEAR THAT THE GENERAL LICENSE WITH RESPECT TO OIL EXPIRES IN APRIL. WE SET SOME MONTHS AGO THAT'S.
AN IMPORTANT DATE TO WATCH. WE HAVE ANOTHER GENERAL LICENSE TO EXPIRE AND NOT BE RENEWED, THAT WAS ONE FOR GOLD. THERE'S A BIG ONE COMING UP FOR OIL. IT CONTINUES TO BE AN IMPORTANT DATE. WE WILL BE WATCHING MADURO'S.
ACTIONS AND MAKING DETERMINATION ABOUT HOW WE WILL PROCEED. >> JUST A COUPLE MORE. WITH TENSIONS BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND ARGENTINA. >> I HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THAT. >> THAT MAKES TWO OF US. WHAT YOU MAKE OF IT?.
THE CHRONOLOGY OF THE PRESIDENT OF ARGENTINA — SAYING THAT — IS A TERRORIST. AS WELL AS HIS DIPLOMATS. [ INAUDIBLE ] >> I THINK I WILL STAY OUT OF THIS ONE. THIS IS ULTIMATELY AN ISSUE BETWEEN COLOMBIA AND ARGENTINA.
I WILL SAY, WE, AS YOU NOTED REMAIN — RELATIONSHIPS WITH BOTH OF THEM. DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS. FOR THIS DISPUTE, I WILL REFRAIN . I THINK THAT WOULD BE WISE. >> DO YOU HAVE ANY MORE TO SAY ABOUT — >> IT IS SOMETHING WE CONTINUE.
TO WORK ON AND ENGAGE WITH THE [ INAUDIBLE ] >> CAN YOU GIVE US ANY INDICATION OF HADES TRANSITIONAL — HAITI'S TRANSITIONAL — EIGHT MEMBERS HAVE BEEN CHOSEN. AND ANY UPDATE ON U.S. PLANS FOR EVACUATION OF AMERICANS?.
>> ON THE FIRST YOU MIGHT'VE SEEN THEY MADE STATEMENTS — WE SAW THE TRANSITIONAL PRESIDENTIAL COUNCIL RELEASED ITS FIRST YEATMAN. HOPE THE COUNSELOR WILL CONTINUE TO WORK TO TAKE THE STEPS IT OUTLINED IN THAT STATEMENT, INCLUDING FINALIZING.
THEIR ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION. APPOINTING AN INTERIM PRIME MINISTER AND TAKING STEPS TO RESTORE ORDER TO KATIE. THESE ARE DECISIONS FOR HAITIANS TO MAKE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH — AND PARTNERS IN THE REGION.
TO OFFER SUPPORT AS THEY GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS. WITH RESPECT TO FACILITATING THE DEPARTURE OF AMERICAN CITIZENS, I WILL GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON THE NUMBER. WE NOW HAVE SUCCESSFULLY EVACUATED OR FACILITATED DEPARTURE OF SOMEWHERE AROUND.
150 U.S. CITIZENS SINCE MARCH 17th. THAT INCLUDES OVER 300 THAT HAVE DEPARTED PORT-au-PRINCE AND ALMOST 100 FROM CAPITATION. THERE ARE HELICOPTERS THAT ARE GOING TODAY FROM PORT-au-PRINCE TO SANTO DOMINGO. WE CONTINUE TO EXPLORE OTHER.
ALTERNATIVES AND OPTIONS TO GET AMERICAN CITIZENS OUT OF HAITI. I HAVE NO ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THAT TOMORROW OR OVER THE WEEKEND. >> MY FIRST QUESTION IS ABOUT CONGRESS. THE — THE U.S. AMBASSADOR IN PAKISTAN — ANY UPDATE WHEN HE.
IS MISSING THAT'S COMMUTING? >> WHO IN CONGRESS? >> [ INAUDIBLE ]. >> USUALLY CONGRESS NEEDS AN ACT OF CONGRESS. YOU MEAN A MEMBER OF CONGRESS? A MEMBER OF CONGRESS ASKED THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY THAT THE U.S. AMBASSADOR SHOULD GO AND.
MEET — TO SEE WHAT IS THE SITUATION. >> I DO NOT HAVE UPDATE ON MEETINGS BY THE AMBASSADOR. >> ONE MORE THING. 6000 SCHOLARSHIPS EACH YEAR THE U.S. GIVES TO PALS — PAKISTAN IN STUDENTS. — SINCE THE LADY WHO YOU.
CALLED — BECAUSE I CARRIED THESE — FROM HIGH SCHOOL AND UNIVERSITY — THAT IS WHY I GET UPSET WHEN USED TERMS LIKE MILESTONE FOR CORRUPT PEOPLE. >> SORRY TO UPSET YOU. >> MICHAEL THOMPSON, A PRINCIPAL AT A UNIVERSITY — WHERE THE MILESTONE LADY THAT.
YOU CALLED IS THE CHIEF MINISTER, HE JUST RESIGNED BECAUSE ONE OF HER FAVORITE TRIED TO WAVE OFF HIS SON'S TUITION FEE. AND AUSTRALIAN PRINCIPAL WORKING — IS THAT SHAMEFUL? AND SHOULD WE BE CALLING MILESTONE TO PEOPLE –.
>> I COULD NOT POSSIBLY HAVE A COMMENT ON THAT SITUATION. >> BEHIND YOU. >> THE UNITED DISAPPROVAL OF LIMITED OPERATION IN RAFAH ASKED — ACTS AS A GREEN LIGHT FOR ISRAEL TO START MILITARY OPERATION IN RAFAH. THIS IS SEEN AS A STEP BACK IN.
THE U.S. STAND, WHICH IS AFFECTING ITS IMAGE AND CREDIBILITY. WHAT IS YOUR COMMENT? >> I THINK THAT'S A MISCHARACTERIZATION OF WHAT WE SAID IN RESPECT TO ROUGH UP. FIRST OF ALL, WE HAVE MADE IT CLEAR THAT WE RESPECT ISRAEL.
TRIES TO HOLD HAMAS ACCOUNTABLE AND IT'S RIGHT TO TAKE THE FIGHT TO HAMAS OPERATIVES INSIDE GAZA, INCLUDING IN RAFAH. WHAT WE HAVE SAID IS WE THINK THERE IS A BETTER WAY TO DO THAT THAN THE FULL-SCALE OPERATION THAT ISRAEL HAS SAID.
IT IS CONTEMPLATING. WE LOOK FOR TO HAVE A CONVERSATION TO LAYOUT WITH THOSE OPTIONS COULD LOOK LIKE AND WHAT THE BETTER PATH COULD LOOK LIKE. WE HAVE ALWAYS MADE CLEAR THAT WHATEVER KIND OF MILITARY OPERATIONS THAT ISRAEL CONDUCTS, WHETHER IT BE IN.
RAFAH, KHAN YUNIS OR ANYWHERE ELSE , NEED TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE CIVILIAN POPULATION AND MINIMIZE CIVILIAN HARM TO THE POPULATION IN THOSE COMMUNITIES. >> THERE IS A GUARANTEE THAT CIVILIANS WERE NOT AFFECTED OR ENDANGER THEIR LIFE?.
>> IN ANY WAR IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A GUARANTEE. WHAT WE WANT TO SEE A CIVILIAN HARM MINIMIZE >> EXTENT POSSIBLE. THAT MEANS PUTTING — DESIGNING MILITARY CAMPAIGNS AROUND PROTECTING CIVILIANS FIRST- PERIOD — WE MADE IT CLEAR WITH.
THE GOVERNMENT OF ISRAEL EITHER THINK THEY OUGHT TO DO. AT THE SAME TIME, A SEPARATE ISSUE, MAKING SURE THEY DO EVERYTHING TO FACILITATE THE DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THOSE CIVILIANS WHO DO REMAIN IN RAFAH OR ANYWHERE ELSE INSIDE GAZA HAVE.
ACCESS TO FOOD AND WATER AND MEDICINE AND SHELTER THAT THEY NEED TO SURVIVE IN WHAT IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY DIFFICULT SITUATION IN THE MIDDLE OF AN OPEN WAR. >> EXCUSE ME, I WANT TO ADDRESS THE — WHETHER THERE IS AN ALTERNATIVE VISIT [ INAUDIBLE ].
DELEGATION TO WASHINGTON, D.C., AND WHAT THE IDEA IS THEY CARRY . THEIR HEADLINES FOR THIS DELEGATION. >> WITH RESPECT TO A MILITARY DELEGATION, MY COLLEAGUES WILL BE THERE IN ABOUT AN HOUR FROM THE PENTAGON, I ENCOURAGE YOU TO DIRECT THE QUESTION TO THEM.
>> THAT IS MY QUESTION. UNITED STATES, AND NATO UNDER PRESIDENT BIDEN GOT MORE STRONG. AND EUROPE IS HAPPY ABOUT IT. THERE ARE TALKS IN EUROPE UNDER DIFFERENT GOVERNMENTS WOULD LIKE TO CREATE A EUROPEAN FORCE. THAT CAN SUPPORT NATO IN THE U.S. WHAT WOULD BE THE ANSWER.
FROM THE U.S., FROM THE STATE DEPARTMENT IN EUROPE — IF EUROPE WOULD CREATE THEIR OWN EUROPEAN FORCES. >> I DO NOT WANT TO SPECULATE. WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH OUR EUROPEAN PARTNERS. AS HE MADE CLEAR IN THE LEAD INTO YOUR QUESTION, WE HAVE.
BEEN CLEAR ABOUT THE UNITED THE COMMITMENT TO NATO. THE UNITED STATES COMMITTED TO OUR TRANSATLANTIC ALLIANCE. AND COMMITMENT TO ALL OF OUR ALLIES IN EUROPE. WE THINK IT IS IMPORTANT THAT NEEDLE THE HOLSTERED AND EXPANDED AS WE HAVE SEEN HAPPEN.
WITH THE INCREASE IN TWO MEMBERS IN THE LAST YEAR OR SO. >> CAN I ASK SOMETHING? THEY ARE NOT AGAINST IT NATO. THIS FORCE WOULD MAKE NATO STRONGER. THE OTHER QUESTION WOULD BE, DOES THE U.S. BELIEVE THAT EUROPE SHOULD BE MORE ACTIVE TO.
PROTECT THEMSELVES? LET'S SAY ALSO HELPING MORE UKRAINE. OR BEING MORE ACTIVE IN THE MEDITERRANEAN WITH THE MIDDLE EAST? OR SHOULD ALWAYS BE DONE TOGETHER WITH THE U.S.? >> I THINK THAT IS AN.
INCREDIBLY BROAD QUESTION THAT IS HARD TO ANSWER THEIR IN THE TIME I HAVE HERE. I WOULD SAY WE WANT TO WORK TOGETHER WITH OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES, BUT IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY CANNOT DO THINGS OUTSIDE OF COOPERATION WITH THE UNITED STATES.
WE SHARE VALUE AND INTEREST WITH THOSE COUNTRIES AND WE WORK TOGETHER. SOMETIMES IT DO THINGS SEPARATELY THAT PURSUE OUR COMMON GOALS. WE WILL SUPPORT THAT. >> THERE ARE ABOUT A DOZEN CEOs FROM AMERICAN BUSINESSES MET.
WITH THE — XI JINPING — THE CTP HAS BEEN NOTORIOUS FOR LINKING SILENCE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSES ON A TRADE RELATIONSHIP. HOW DID THE UNITED DATE ENSURE THAT HUMAN RIGHTS IS THE FOUNDATION OF THESE TRADE RELATIONSHIPS WITH CHINA?.
>> I WILL SAY IN ALL OF OUR MEETINGS WITH OFFICIALS FROM THE PRC, WE MADE CLEAR WE HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT CHINA'S HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES. WE RAISE THEM CONSISTENTLY. THAT INCLUDES THE SECRETARY WHEN HE HAS MET WITH THOSE COUNTERPARTS.
IT INCLUDES OTHER OFFICIALS FROM THE U.S. GOVERNMENT, TO MAKE IT VERY CLEAR WHAT WE FEEL ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN CHINA. WHERE WE HAVE DEEP CONCERNS. >> ALSO THE CCP IS BANNING INTEL ON — SALES. HOW DID THE U.S. PROTECT AMERICAN COMPANIES IN THIS REGARD DOING BUSINESS.
WITH CHINA? >> LET ME TAKE THAT ONE BACK TO ANSWER. >> THE MOSCOW ATTACK. THE NEW YORK TIMES REPORTED TODAY THE UNITED STATES DID NOT PROVIDE MOSCOW WITH ALL OF THE INFORMATION IT HAD ABOUT THE THREAT OF THE ATTACK.
BECAUSE HE DID NOT WANT TO DISCLOSE ITS SOURCES AND METHODS. DO YOU BELIEVE THE WARNING WASHINGTON PROVIDED TO MOSCOW CONDEMNED — CONTAINED ALL OF THE DETAILS OF THAT ATTACK? >> I WILL NOT SPEAK TO INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION FROM.
HERE. I HAVE ALWAYS MADE THAT PRETTY CLEAR. WHAT I WILL SAY IS, WE PROVIDED CLEAR AND DETAILED INFORMATION TO RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES ABOUT TERRORIST THREATS AGAINST LARGE GATHERINGS AND CONCERT. NOTABLE WORD, IN MOSCOW,.
UNFORTUNATELY, I HAVE TO LEAVE AT THAT. >> ONE MORE QUESTION, THERE ARE MEDIA REPORTS IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE THAT VICTORIA — HAD TO RESIGN BECAUSE OF AN IMMINENT INVESTIGATION ABOUT HER ACTIVITY IN UKRAINE SINCE 2014. DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING ON THAT?.
>> THAT IS ABSOLUTELY FALSE. AND I KNOW DORIA — HAVE LONG BEEN A BOGEYMAN FOR THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT. IT IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THEY HAVE PROPAGANDA THIS INFORMATION ABOUT HER. I AM NOT REALLY SURPRISED THAT IT HAS NOT STOPPED.
WITH THAT, I THINK WE'LL WRAP FOR THE DAY. THANKS, EVERYONE.
