00:00I have joked that I have two very, very important people in my life, an Indian and a Pakistani.
00:05The Indian is my wife, and the Pakistani is Field Marshal Muneer.
00:08And I've probably talked to Field Marshal Muneer more than I've talked to anybody else over the last three months.
00:13Would not be here without his statesmanship.
00:15He is, of course, a great military leader, but I think he's shown himself to be a great diplomat.
00:19Well, I'll say just a few words here.
00:22And first of all, I have some notes of appreciation.
00:25First of all, I want to thank the President of the United States, who sends his best to all the
00:28great leaders assembled here,
00:30because he's empowered us to find a diplomatic resolution to a host of issues that matter to the American people,
00:37but I think the world.
00:38The opening of the Strait of Hormuz, the ending of the Iranian nuclear program, all of these things have already
00:44been accomplished.
00:44The question before us now is how much more can we accomplish together?
00:48Can we turn over a new leaf?
00:49Can we change relations in the Middle East permanently?
00:53Or do we go back to doing things the old way, which is not our preference, but it's certainly very
00:58much something that can happen?
01:00I have a few other notes of appreciation.
01:02First of all, to the Prime Minister of Pakistan, a dear friend of the President's, a dear friend of mine,
01:06a guy who has been with his leadership and his very careful and skilled negotiation has got us to this
01:13point.
01:14To his field marshal in Pakistan, Aseem Muneer, I will say that since Field Marshal Muneer welcomed us with the
01:22Prime Minister in Islamabad,
01:24I have joked that I have two very, very important people in my life, an Indian and a Pakistani.
01:29The Indian is my wife, and the Pakistani is Field Marshal Muneer.
01:32And I've probably talked to Field Marshal Muneer more than I've talked to anybody else over the last three months.
01:37Would not be here without his statesmanship.
01:40He is, of course, a great military leader, but I think he's shown himself to be a great diplomat.
01:43And, of course, he's an amazing friend of the United States of America, but has been also an important part
01:51of getting us to this point.
01:52I think it's important for the American people, but people all over the world do appreciate that what's brought us
01:58to this moment is the President's leadership
02:00and the President's willingness to see a Middle East that is much different 10 years from now than it was
02:0510 years ago.
02:06And what we're trying to accomplish here is very simple.
02:09Through diplomacy, through working together to transform the Middle East,
02:15where Iran and the Gulf have been at war with each other or at least have had very unfriendly relations,
02:21where Iran has been a driver of regional instability,
02:25now we see a future where everybody can work together to promote peace and prosperity for everyone.
02:33What we have already seen back home in the United States is lower gas prices.
02:38We've seen the free flow of oil and gas.
02:41We've seen peace.
02:42And now we're trying to build on that to see if we can build something even better and more sustainable
02:48for the future.
02:49This is a historic meeting.
02:51Never before, outside of Islamabad and here, so outside of the last few months,
02:57never before has the Iranian and American leadership met at such a high level.
03:02What the President has asked us to do is turn over a new leaf to transform our relationship with the
03:08people of Iran
03:09and to extend an outstretched hand that says to the people of Iran that if your leadership is willing to
03:15give up being a driver of regional instability,
03:18if they are willing to give up nuclear weapons ambitions for the long term,
03:22then the United States is willing to fundamentally transform our relationship with that country.
03:27That is certainly our goal.
03:28We've already made great progress over just the last few hours,
03:32and I expect that we'll make additional progress in the hours to come to you all.
03:41Well, first of all, I would like to welcome you here, Mr. Vice President, Mr. Prime Minister.
03:48Your leadership and field marshal leadership actually initiating that process.
03:54That's what brought us here today.
03:55I think that every one of you has highlighted how important is this meeting,
04:01how historic is that event, and how significant is that agreement,
04:05not only on the security of the region, but also for the security of the world and for the global
04:12economy.
04:12What we have done and what we have achieved, we wouldn't achieve it without the dedication
04:18and the hard work that was done by you, Mr. Vice President, and Mr. Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner,
04:26Prime Minister and Field Marshal, and also on the Iranian side, Dr. Alibov and Dr. Araghji.
04:34I would like to thank all of you for your leadership and determination that put us in this room,
04:39and this is not really the main celebration, our celebration when we reach the ultimate agreement.
04:46Hopefully, this is just the beginning, and I wish everyone all the best.
04:50Qatar will stay dedicated to this partnership to support these mediations until the end,
04:56until we reach a solution.
04:58We will always be a partner in bringing more peace, prosperity, and hopefully a better future for our region.
05:05Thank you very much.
05:05Thank you, Sheikh.
05:07So, guys, we'll take just a couple of questions, and then we're going to have to kick out the media
05:11and get started with the hard work.
05:12Go ahead.
05:13Mr. President, thank you.
05:14Do you have a message for Prime Minister Netanyahu with regards to Israel's military operations in Lebanon?
05:19Well, first of all, we've seen great progress over the last just couple of days
05:23in ensuring that the ceasefire holds in Lebanon.
05:25These things are always a little bit messy.
05:27If you go back to how much was happening three months ago and compare it to three weeks ago,
05:32great progress has been made.
05:33If you go back to three weeks ago to three days ago, additional progress has been made.
05:38The President has committed us to see a full regional ceasefire.
05:42We found great partners in working with the Qataris, the Pakistanis, our friends in Israel.
05:48We're all working towards regional peace.
05:50There, of course, are going to be sometimes disagreements about precisely how to get there,
05:54but I actually feel great about where we are in Lebanon.
05:56There's still some additional wood to chop, but we're going to keep on working at it.
05:59I know you have a question over here.
06:00How do you think you have stopped genocide in Lebanon?
06:04As you know, your alignment, Israel, has something like genocide in Lebanon.
06:11The main issue is stopping this.
06:14Well, ma'am, I think that the President of the United States and the United States of America
06:17have done more to stop the conflict in Lebanon than any government anywhere in the world
06:23over the last few months, and we're going to keep on working towards it.
06:25As I think a lot of you appreciate, peace is never easy.
06:29Peace always requires a little bit of work.
06:31It always requires a little bit of give and take.
06:33But the President of the United States is committed not just to peace between the United States and Iran.
06:38The President is committed to a regional peace, which is why we're here working so hard to settle our issues.
06:43The one last comment I want to make is what today really represents is the beginning of a technical negotiation
06:50that's not going to solve every disagreement, but is going to allow us to sit together as teams
06:55for the first time really in history to figure out what matters most to the respective parties,
07:00to settle those issues, to solve those issues, and get to a better tomorrow.
07:04The reason why the political leadership of the respective countries is here
07:07is because we wanted to, first of all, set up the structure for these technical negotiations,
07:12and second of all, make sure that our teams have our full support
07:16and know they can always call on us to break through any barriers.
07:19We've got a lot of work to do. We're excited to do it.
07:22Thank you all for being here.
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