00:30Do you have any questions, please?
00:41Sir, did you speak to Secretary Rubio this morning?
00:45I did.
00:46What is the latest with the negotiations in Saudi Arabia?
00:49We're moving along.
00:50We're trying to get a peace with Russia, Ukraine, and we're working very hard on it.
00:55It's a war that should have never started.
00:57Do you expect Zelensky to be involved in these conversations?
01:02What will his role be?
01:03Yeah, I do.
01:04I do.
01:05He will be involved.
01:06Yes.
01:07Based on your conversations with President Putin, what do you think he wants, ultimately?
01:13I think he wants to stop fighting.
01:15I see that.
01:17We spoke long and hard.
01:19Steve Whitkoff was with him for a very extended period, like about three hours.
01:23I think he wants to stop fighting.
01:26They have a big, powerful machine.
01:28You understand that.
01:30They defeated Hitler, and they defeated Napoleon.
01:32They've been fighting a long time.
01:35They've done it before.
01:38But I think he would like to stop fighting.
01:40Do you think he wants the whole of Ukraine?
01:44What do you think he wants in terms of that?
01:45No, I think he wants to stop.
01:46That was my question to him.
01:49Because if he's going to go on, that would have been a big problem for us, and that would
01:53have caused me a big problem, because you just can't let that happen.
01:56I think he wants to end it, and they want to end it fast, both of them.
02:03And Zelensky wants to end it, too.
02:05Can you comment on your timing of your meeting with Putin in Saudi Arabia?
02:09No, no time set, but it could be very soon.
02:12Like this month?
02:13Well, it'll be soon.
02:14We'll see what happens, but they're meeting right now, and that's more.
02:19I mean, this should have been done four years ago, three years ago, before it started.
02:22But it should have been done immediately after it started, as opposed to now, three
02:27years later.
02:28Thank you very much.
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