00:00Contacts are ongoing. Could contacts between the leaders be in the near future?
00:04The leaders were talking to each other, as I recall, on October 16.
00:08They even agreed to a meeting in Budapest.
00:11Yes, we agreed to a meeting in Budapest. Then the meeting was postponed for a while.
00:15Contacts on this matter are ongoing.
00:19We are actively discussing a Ukrainian settlement based on the understandings reached in Anchorage.
00:24We believe this is a truly good path to achieving a peaceful resolution.
00:32As for the US, they have moved away, so to speak, from those Anchorage understandings.
00:37Well, you understand, there hasn't yet been an official denial from them that these agreements
00:42and understandings are not working. There have been many comments. Naturally, these comments are
00:48being made as the situation develops, as various negotiations take place, including with the
00:53Europeans, with the Ukrainians. There are many signals, some we like, some we don't,
00:58but the foundation of everything is Anchorage. But it appears the Kiev authorities aren't being
01:04influenced in any way by the terms of the Anchorage agreement. Well, you know, the Anchorage
01:10understandings have been communicated to Kiev, and Kiev knows about it. They don't like it.
01:15Many Europeans don't like Anchorage either, but not all. That is, Anchorage is disliked by those who
01:21don't want a peaceful resolution but want to continue the war to the last Ukrainian.
01:24One. Last question. Organizational matters. If there is a leaders' meeting, it will be in
01:29Budapest, but that immediately raises a host of questions. For example, are you all subject
01:34to European sanctions? Are you all subject to sanctions? Is that even possible?
01:39It seems to me that if a fundamental agreement is reached between Washington and Moscow on a leaders'
01:46meeting in one location or another, many technical and political difficulties will fade into the
01:51background.
02:21One. Last question.
02:51You
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