00:00I would like to come back to the peace negotiations because you said that
00:09turn into Ukraine we all recognize that our security is deeply linked and we are
00:16all working to bring the war against Ukraine to an end with a just and lasting
00:20peace we welcome the ongoing efforts led by the United States to make this a
00:27reality and I'm confident that these sustained efforts will eventually
00:32restore peace in Europe or throw in the very center Interfax Ukraine well when
00:39it comes to the NATO elements obviously when it comes to NATO elements of a deal
00:44to end the war against Ukraine and that will be dealt this separately and that
00:49obviously will include NATO absence of US Secretary of State Rubio tomorrow a
00:54sign for the relevance of NATO and that Marco Rubio is very much involved of
00:59course in all of this when it comes to ending the war in Ukraine you've seen
01:03him chairing the meetings in Geneva and in Miami I've been and the teams are in
01:08constant contact I personally am in constant contact with him so he's
01:12working extremely hard having to take care not only of the situation in
01:16Ukraine but of course many other issues which are on his plate so I totally
01:20accept him not being able to be here tomorrow and I would not read anything in it we will have
01:26Deputy Secretary Chris Landau here with I'm very happy he is here so I think
01:31that's all covered thank you Andrew Gray from Reuters Secretary-General does
01:35NATO stand by its declaration in Bucharest in 2008 that Ukraine will become a
01:41member of NATO Ukraine clearly applied for membership but we also know as I said and
01:46this is a practical a statement of practicality and a statement of facts that
01:50there is no unanimity within the Alliance about Ukraine coming in the Alliance
01:56that's one of the reasons when when it comes to a future peace deal we are
01:59discussing how if not NATO membership how we can make sure that Nate that Ukraine
02:04is is protected in a way by itself but also with help from others so that the
02:10Russians will not try again as Mr. Witko right now is in Moscow and negotiation
02:15regarding NATO member countries will have to secure the deal and NATO cannot do
02:21anything because it's excluded well first of all let's let's hope that we get to a
02:25point where there is a peace deal and at the moment it is the Americans very much
02:29pushing for that and and I commend them and we are closely coordinating with the
02:33Americans and we're being helpful wherever we can as NATO to get that peace
02:38deal done and of course they are as you know closely in discussions with
02:43Ukrainians our discussions today with Russians but again the 28 point plan has
02:49moved on that's clear and I can assure you when it comes to all aspects of a
02:53potential future peace deal on Ukraine we are closely coordinating with the
02:59Americans you mentioned that anything pertaining to NATO and the negotiations
03:03will be dealt with separately okay thank you very much we'll see you tomorrow
03:08looking forward to that thank you
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