00:00Thank you, sir. Two questions. One, during the NATO summit in Washington, Prime Minister
00:07Narendra Modi of India was in Moscow meeting and greeting with President Putin of Russia.
00:15They have discussed so many issues between India and Russia, including military pact and also
00:23situation in the Middle East, war going on, and also, of course,
00:27Russia and Ukraine war. And Prime Minister Modi offered many options there and both leaders that
00:35this war in the Middle East should be end because it's in the interest of India, of course, in many
00:41ways. And also at the same time, war in between Russia and Ukraine, also in the interest of
00:49India to end this war also. So where do we go from there? NATO was meeting here and they were
00:55meeting there at the same time. And where do we stand as far as US-India military-to-military
01:01relations into this connection also? Yeah. Well, as you heard me say last week,
01:07India is a strategic partner and we look forward to continuing to develop that partnership. When
01:12it comes to Ukraine and Russia's illegal occupation and invasion of Ukraine, ultimately, at the end
01:20of the day, it's up to Ukraine to decide when they are ready to negotiate for peace. And right
01:28now, our focus continues to be on working with Ukraine to provide them with what they need to
01:33defend their country and defend their sovereignty and take back territory. But at the end of the day,
01:42you know, there's no decisions about Ukraine without Ukraine.
01:46And second, sorry, second, sir, if a lawmaker or senator acting as a foreign agent
01:56of the United States and have been found guilty by the New Jersey grand jury,
02:02Senator Bob Menendez now, as far as the military connection, because he was found guilty in
02:08connection with those countries that he was acting as a foreign agent, those countries have
02:14military-to-military relations with the United States. So in any way that this building or
02:20military-to-military relations will be affected in any way because of a guilty...
02:25Yeah, as it relates to Senator Menendez, I don't have anything to provide. I'd
02:29refer you to the Department of Justice on that. Carla?
02:32Thanks.
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