- 7 weeks ago
Russian President Vladimir Putin held a press conference in Beijing as part of the commemorative events marking the 80th anniversary of China’s victory over Japan at the end of World War II. teleSUR
Category
🗞
NewsTranscript
00:00We're going live to China. Russian President
00:06is offering a press conference. Let's listen.
00:10A couple of hours ago, German Chancellor Mertz
00:14called you probably the biggest war criminal of our times.
00:19What do you think about this? It happened a couple of hours ago, literally.
00:26As for if the multipolar world has been established or not,
00:31well, its outlines are there, by and large.
00:36But I wouldn't really speak about any domineering polls.
00:45It doesn't mean that this new multipolar world should have any hegemons
00:51because no one is speaking about this, not in breaks, not in the SCO.
00:55Everyone has equal rights in this multipolar world.
01:00And from international law point of view, everyone must have equal rights,
01:05must be in the similar position.
01:07Yes, there are economic giants like India or China,
01:12and actually our country is among top four biggest economies.
01:20If we speak about the purchasing power parity, these are the current realities.
01:25That's not something that we would like to have.
01:29That's what international organizations calculate.
01:32But it doesn't mean that anyone should dominate over the politics or over global security.
01:41So we do not believe that there should be some domination.
01:48Everyone must be equal.
01:50As for the statements that you've just mentioned,
01:54because Mr. Peskov has mentioned this just literally 10 minutes ago.
02:01So what do I think about this?
02:03I think that it's a bad attempt to lift the responsibility for the tragedy that is happening in Ukraine now.
02:17What do I mean?
02:18I would like to remind you, and I have already said this on many occasions.
02:22Back in 2014, ministers of three European countries traveled to Kyiv
02:27and signed a document that was basically an agreement between the sitting president,
02:34President Yanukovych and the opposition.
02:37And in accordance with that agreement, all the disputes, all the political disputes,
02:44were supposed to be resolved in the constitutional field by peaceful means, by legal means.
02:52And then literally on the next day a coup d'etat took place, a bloody coup d'etat, a violent coup d'etat took place.
02:59And no, no one lift a finger to bring the situation back to the constitutional field.
03:06That's how the conflict started, because right after that, those events in Crimea happened right after that.
03:16The Kyiv regime started hostilities with the use of armor, armored vehicles with the use of airplanes
03:23against those territories of Ukraine who did not agree with the outcomes of the coup d'etat.
03:30Enough for that.
03:31They dismantled and they undermined all our attempts to resolve the situation by peaceful means,
03:37and they refused to implement the Minsk Accord.
03:40So then who is to blame for this tragedy?
03:43Those who ignore the interests of Russia in the field of security,
03:49if someone thinks that you can ignore the people of our country in such a way,
03:57they must remember that Russia will never just watch by idly what's happening next to its border
04:11and not react to anything.
04:13This will never happen.
04:14So please, the next question.
04:16Good afternoon, Olga Skabeyeva, Russia TV channel.
04:26We hear more and more from Europe about the need to seize our funds, $300 billion, and to give it to Ukraine.
04:36Yes, there are still those who believe that that's not a nice thing to do.
04:42It's not a safe way to do, but there are still those who are pushing for this theft.
04:48So what do you think about this?
04:49And another important question about the special operation.
04:53Mr. Putin, is there a chance that in the nearest future it will be over?
04:58So how do you feel it?
05:01Is it coming to conclusion?
05:03I will start with the second part of your question, I believe, because it's a key part of your question.
05:16Back in 2022, we proposed the Ukrainian authorities to treat the choice,
05:25the people living in the east of Ukraine with respect, to withdraw troops from there and to put an end to this conflict immediately.
05:33And I have to say that overall they did not reject that proposal outright.
05:40But after they were pushed by our Western European, after we were pushed by our Western European partners to withdraw troops from Kyiv, the situation changed.
05:55So they said we are going to fight until the end.
05:58So either you will break our neck or we will break yours.
06:02So that's how it was put.
06:05Maybe it was even in some more blunt terms.
06:10So it's either you or us.
06:12And it still goes on like this until now.
06:15Nevertheless, I still believe that if common sense prevails,
06:23then an agreement on acceptable way to put an end to this conflict, it is possible.
06:40And since we can see the sentiments in the US administration under the leadership of Trump.
06:46So we don't hear just mere statements.
06:50So we see the sincere desire to find a solution.
06:53And I believe there is the light at the end of the tunnel.
06:59So we will see how the situation develops, how it unfolds.
07:03Well, if not, then we will have to accomplish our goals via military means.
07:09And what about theft of our assets?
07:14Well, well, the theft, we have already commented on this many times.
07:18I don't think I can say anything new.
07:20You said someone wants to take it, someone doesn't.
07:23The smarter ones, they don't want to.
07:26This is true.
07:28So this is not me being ironic or sarcastic.
07:33So I'm not trying to attack those who are not that smart.
07:37Because the smarter people who are in finance or in the economy,
07:41they understand that it's going to ruin.
07:44It is going to destroy all the international economic principles.
07:50And it is going to deal a huge, huge damage to the global economy, to the world finance.
07:57Because as it is in many countries of the world, people are creating alliances that are trying to develop economic development within these regions in isolation.
08:16And if that happens, then these kind of separatist economic movement will be enhanced and the global order, global economic order will collapse.
08:31Good afternoon, Zvezdatovich channel.
08:34Could you share the latest information about the situation in the special military operation zones?
08:44What reports do you receive from the commanders?
08:47And how the situation has changed on the battlefield?
08:51Well, all the groupings of the Russian armed forces in all directions, we are advancing, advancing successfully.
09:00Well, the pace, the rate at which we are advancing varies.
09:05I'm not going to list all of those groupings or directions.
09:11If you are from the Zvezda TV channel, you must be aware of all of it as for how does the adversary react to that.
09:21They are trying to fill the gaps.
09:24They are trying to deploy troops to critical areas from one critical area to another that they deem more critical, if I remember it correctly.
09:39Just recently, I need to check, of course, but we are in Beijing and not in Moscow.
09:46But nevertheless, if we speak about Sumy, they deployed the 95th Brigade to another area.
09:55Is it a better deployment for them, Sumy?
10:00No, they just replaced another unit and they deployed the 95th Brigade to the area that they deem more important.
10:08And the same happens.
10:09Well, we were, we were listening to statements in the press conference of President, Russian President Vladimir Putin, who is offering statements in Beijing.
10:19We're going to, we were having difficulties with the signal.
10:22We're going to try to stay tuned so that we can go back to the signal to continue listening to the statements of the Russian President,
10:27who is currently, as we were saying, in Beijing, in China, as part of the 80th anniversary activities of the Chinese victory over Japan,
10:34who, and as part of the celebration of the Japanese independence and how they have developed.
10:38And the President is offering these statements in a key moment that are expressing more unity.
10:43Let's go back to the Russian President.
10:45It's not the only time it happened.
10:48It is happening along the entire front line.
10:52And it proves it is an evidence.
10:57And not only our experts believe that, the Western experts also believe that,
11:01that Ukrainian armed forces have a deficit of reserves.
11:07And military capable units are staffed at 47, 48 percent.
11:16And that's almost the critical line.
11:21But nevertheless, the hostilities armed conflict is a difficult thing.
11:27It is a violent thing.
11:28So we must not try to predict anything.
11:32But if we speak about the analysis, so this is how it is.
11:36Good afternoon, Igor Shdanov, RT.
11:45Mr. President, going back to Alaska, after you landed on the red carpet right away,
11:53you started talking to the U.S. President, to Donald Trump.
11:58After taking photo, you got into a car with him,
12:03and you continued talking to him there.
12:06What did you discuss there?
12:07What language did you speak?
12:08Maybe some details of that conversation.
12:12Of course, we spoke English.
12:14Well, broken English that still, that I still have.
12:24So my vocabulary is very limited.
12:27And I told him during the press conference, I'm glad to see you, dear neighbor.
12:31I told him in English.
12:33I am glad to see you alive and healthy.
12:40And in the limo.
12:43So it took the right to some 30 seconds.
12:46So we just, it was more of a small talk, really.
12:49And did you talk to that?
12:54Well, it's not a secret to him.
12:57I told about the negotiations in Alaska.
13:02Just wait a second.
13:03Hold on.
13:04Yes, please.
13:05What was the question?
13:07A question about culture.
13:10Well, everyone here is cultured enough.
13:18One of the milestones of this year is the release of the Red Silk film,
13:25and you told President Xi about this during his visit in May.
13:30And you mentioned this to an interview to the Xinhua agency.
13:34Are we going to have more projects like this?
13:36And did you have a chance to watch the film?
13:38So maybe you could share your impressions.
13:40It was the idea of President Xi, actually.
13:44We visited, we attended, attended one event.
13:49And I noticed that it is very difficult for our filmmakers to enter the Chinese market.
13:56So he smiled and he said, so let's make joint films.
14:00Let's make joint projects and then the market will be open for you.
14:05And that was true.
14:06So it was one of the first attempts to do that.
14:10I know that today or tomorrow the film will be released here.
14:14And from what I heard, the film is quite popular.
14:18And people enjoy watching it.
14:22And, of course, you can ask Culture Minister Lubymova.
14:30He will give you more detailed information about the plans that we have in this regard.
14:37But from what I know, it is happening already.
14:41The work has started on other joint movie projects.
14:46And it's a really good path to enter this huge, enormous Chinese market, which is very attractive.
14:56I'm talking about cinema.
15:02There is a movie released in the West where you are one of the characters.
15:09Now, have you seen this film?
15:14You were played by Jude Law.
15:17You may know about him.
15:19Well, I haven't seen the film and I haven't even heard about it.
15:23So I cannot comment as of now.
15:26Then I have a different question.
15:29You mentioned health.
15:32And there was a short video circulated in the media where you were discussing longevity with the President Xi.
15:45Well, what exactly do you mean?
15:48Do you believe that people can live 150 years or longer?
15:55Yes.
15:56When we walked to the parade, President Xi mentioned the subject.
16:03And I remember that Mr. Berlusconi used to talk about this a lot.
16:08Yes, modern medicine has various means, including surgical means, organ replacements, and all of that creates hope that active living will go on for much longer than today, that we will see people live longer.
16:33And I don't remember what year it was, but I think it was about 1950.
16:42But there was some UN data that by 1950, there will be more people aged 65 plus than five-year-old children.
17:01And that is something that we must consider.
17:04The social and economic consequences of that, that is something to be mindful of.
17:10Yes.
17:11Going back to the topic of your visit and the program of your visit, this SEO summit was probably one of the biggest in SEO's history.
17:26What is the role of the organization in today's turbulent world?
17:30And will the SEO become a political alliance that will be able to counter threats emanating from the West?
17:39The SEO is not meant to counter anyone.
17:44It's not its idea to be against anyone.
17:48And I want to emphasize that during our discussions, during our bilateral meetings over these four days, we never had any kind of confrontational rhetoric.
18:00Everything here is geared towards a positive approach.
18:10We never think about how we can outplay someone, how we can score a win against someone.
18:20It's not that kind of competition.
18:25We think about how we can organize our own work better and how we can make joint efforts to get better results.
18:33That's it.
18:35Mr. President, now Europe is preparing the 19th package of sanctions threatening not only us but our partners as well.
18:48You've had conversations with many SEO members and partners that could be affected by this, including India and China.
18:56What do they think about this?
18:57How can we respond?
19:00And who will suffer the most?
19:02How do you think?
19:03Well, surprisingly enough, we almost didn't mention this in our conversations because it's not really something that concerns us.
19:16Because the Ukraine situation is only a pretext to take various steps against countries who have economic ties with us.
19:32There is a trade disproportion between the United States and India or with China, but there is no situation between Brazil and the United States, for example.
19:45And by the way, Brazil faced additional tariffs on the 6th of August, even though the deadline was 8th of August.
19:56So what does Ukraine have to do with this?
19:59Nothing.
20:00It's only about domestic politics, including the relations between the current president and the previous president, Bolsonaro.
20:13Ukraine doesn't have anything to do with that.
20:16So, of course, there is some imbalance in trade, but I believe that those should be addressed through negotiations.
20:24We just had a long and detailed consultations with some of our partners.
20:35And with some of those partners, we also have trade imbalance, which is not our favor.
20:46And what we're trying to do is to arrive at an idea of what we can offer and what they can offer to us, so that we can work together and find solutions to our problems.
21:05And we're seeing success with one of our partners.
21:08We've managed to increase supplies from that country by a factor of three.
21:19So we are just working patiently until they arrive at a solution.
21:24Then you have countries like India, almost 1.5 billion people, China, with powerful economies, but they also have their own domestic political mechanisms and laws.
21:42So, when somebody tells you that they're going to punish you, you have to think, how can the leadership of those countries, of those big countries, which had difficult periods in their history too, that had to do with colonialism, with attacks on their sovereignty during prolonged periods of time.
22:09So, you have to understand that if one of them shows weakness, his political career will be over, so that influences his behavior.
22:22Just as the colonial era is now over, they have to realize that they cannot use this tone in speaking with their partners.
22:31But ultimately, things will be sorted out, everything will take its place, and we will see a normal political dialogue again.
22:44We suggest that you ask the last question.
22:48Okay, a question from the girl over here.
22:54You said that you are ready to elevate the representation level from the negotiating group with Ukraine.
23:04Could it be Belusov, Minister of Defense?
23:07Could it be Ushakov, Presidential Aid?
23:10Who could it be?
23:11And what is your opinion about the current negotiating group led by Medinsky?
23:15Well, I am happy with Medinsky's work.
23:18If there is a need to elevate the representation level, to increase it in terms of political status, we could do that.
23:31I will not name any names right now, but we are prepared to elevate it to a serious political level.
23:37What matters is the result.
23:41The things that our negotiating team is currently doing, led by a presidential leader, Mr. Medinsky, I believe is a good example of a reserved and professional approach.
23:56Yes, please.
23:57Well, I wanted to ask a question about Steve Witkoff.
24:10There is a lot of criticism from media and politicians in the West.
24:15He is being accused of misunderstanding you during the talks, that he relates information from you to Donald Trump incorrectly,
24:25and that, I quote, that he has sympathies for Russia.
24:30What is your assessment of his work?
24:32Well, assessing the work of someone who works for the President of the United States is not my job.
24:41It is the job of his employer, President Trump.
24:45And I am convinced that Mr. Witkoff conveys the information in this context with me and with other members of the Russian leadership that originates from the US President, not anything else.
25:03And our talks in Anchorage showed, it was clear from the context of our talks, that information is relayed quite correctly.
25:16Our position as conveyed to the US leadership is completely clear to me, and it is something that I saw during our discussions in Alaska.
25:26Because the things that we discussed with Mr. Witkoff, all of that was fully confirmed in the presence of President Trump, and he had nothing to say against that.
25:40There are many difficult issues, but all of that was true.
25:45So I believe that those critics of Witkoff just dislike the position, but they also dislike the position held by Trump.
25:57That's the thing.
25:58You can have different approaches to reaching a settlement.
26:02There are those who say that you should fight to the last Ukrainian.
26:06And then there are those like the representatives of the current US administration and the US President himself, who are trying to reach a solution using peaceful means.
26:23So the first category of people, the war party is always attacking the peace party.
26:29And the rest is just speculation and insinuations and attempts to make one's position seem stronger.
26:37That's it.
26:38I already talked about this.
26:43Even before the parade today started, President Trump commented on the parade and he said that he hopes that President Xi will remember American soldiers who helped China during World War II.
27:03And he wrote, it's unclear whether that was sarcasm, that he should send his best regards to President Putin and Kim Jong-un as they conspire against the United States.
27:20Well, President Trump has a sense of humor.
27:23It's well known and we are on first name basis and I can tell you, I hope that he will also hear this, that strange though it may seem, but throughout these days, both during informal and formal talks, there was not one case when anyone voiced a negative opinion about the current US administration.
27:50Not once during these four days, all of all of the people that I talked to supported at the meeting that we had in Anchorage and they all expressed hope that the position held by President Trump and the position held by Russia and all the other parties will lead to an end of this conflict.
28:17So that is something that I'm saying without any kind of irony.
28:21And since I'm saying this publicly and everyone in the world will hear this, it is a direct confirmation of the fact that it's true because all of those people will hear me.
28:38And of course, if this was a lie, then I would look bad in front of my strategic partners and all of my interlocutors over these days.
28:53And another thing I wanted to say, going back to what your colleague said earlier, SEO's activities and SEO members' activities are not aimed against anyone.
29:06They're aimed at finding new ways and better ways of developing our own countries and taking our people forward.
29:14Mr. President, we have heard some statements regarding Russia from Baku.
29:26And how do you assess the current state of the relations between our two countries?
29:31What happened between us and how can we establish dialogue?
29:36Mr. President, you wanted to ask one question and you asked four questions.
29:41I'd like to be brief in this regard.
29:45Oh, you know, considering the current situation or political experience, there are certain issues.
29:53But today we greeted each other with President Halif and greeted his wife.
30:00We exchanged a couple of words.
30:04I believe that fundamental relations between Azerbaijan and Russia and mutual interest towards developing these relations will put everything in its right place eventually.
30:18Mr. President, we speak a lot about peace in Ukraine today, about certain agreement with Trump, about Europe's opinion, about what Ukraine is afraid of.
30:37But the most important thing has not been raised.
30:41Mr. President, you receive reports from the battlefields regularly and we know that you talk to the commanders in the trenches.
30:58Mr. President, there are many humanitarian reasons.
30:59The RPG can divide also by writers and political 97 downcasts, although it is very important for an instrument.
31:01Mr. President, you will know a civilizations in front of justement Branch at the battlefields or даже the anterior act of propaganda.
31:03Though this is Peanut first, he is임 introduced to the battlefields to the civilians that probably won the raged PS3 of the battlefields.
31:06Mr. President, there have also been a humble кам 아빠 he wants to obey the武 longerziest Pretrial project in the battlefields.
31:09Mr. President, I Updany Jr., is the self-appealing Cette exercise with Regina, where he wonders who is 쿠 Balt bem silo to learn how he does his own class.
31:11Mr. President, there were still cleaning, what's Controller?
31:13Mr. President, Jr. President, they have nearly a customers quanto though he can tomorrow.
Recommended
3:01
|
Up next
1:01
Be the first to comment