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01:00It may resolve a standoff over the strategically located and mineral-rich island.
01:05The agreement, signed during Trump's visit to the UN General Assembly in New York,
01:10stops short of Trump's demand that the U.S. adopt Greenland as a U.S. territory
01:15to head off the growing Arctic presence of Russia and China.
01:19Leaders of Denmark and Greenland had argued against the complete U.S. takeover.
01:24And conflicting reports emerged from Tehran yesterday over whether Iran had privately offered
01:31to reopen the Strait of Hormuz within seven days.
01:34News agencies quoted unnamed Iranian officials as saying that the proposal had been conveyed
01:40to Washington through mediators, a claim Iranian state-affiliated media quickly denied.
01:45The proposal reportedly aims to achieve a permanent end to the war between the two countries
01:51and revive diplomatic relations.
01:53This is not the first time Tehran has sent conflicting signals about a potential agreement.
02:00Welcome to the program.
02:02I'm Stefan Groder.
02:03Donald Trump and Volodymyr Zelenskyy have met in New York as Washington steps up efforts
02:09to end the war in Ukraine.
02:11Trump told the U.N. that the U.S. is working closely with both Kiev and Moscow
02:16and that he expects the war to end sooner than many people think.
02:20But Zelenskyy is bringing a more immediate proposal to the table,
02:24a reciprocal halt to attacks on energy infrastructure and in the Black Sea.
02:29Our Ukraine correspondent Sasha Vakulina joins us now to bring us up to speed.
02:34Good morning, Sasha.
02:35So, let's start with Ukraine's proposal.
02:39What is Zelenskyy asking for?
02:41A full and total energy ceasefire for all of the attacks on both sides, for Kiev and for Moscow.
02:48This is something that Ukrainian officials have been trying to push forward for months now,
02:52specifically after a very harsh winter last year, Stefan.
02:56And now, you know, when the weather is already changing
02:59and Russia is deliberately attacking Ukraine's energy infrastructure,
03:04this is something that Kiev insists upon.
03:06And this is the idea that Zelenskyy is trying to pitch to Trump.
03:09Now, the U.S. president also last week, as you remember,
03:11preemptively announced the energy truce, but that did not anyhow materialize
03:16with Moscow continuing to attack Kiev and Kiev continuing its long-range strikes
03:22against Russia's oil refineries.
03:25Now, Kiev insists it is ready to stop at any moment,
03:28but only when Russia stops.
03:30And that has not happened.
03:32So, Trump told the U.N. that Washington is working closely with both Russia and Ukraine,
03:38and that a deal will come sooner than people understand.
03:42So, after this meeting with Zelenskyy,
03:44is there now a clear path towards a ceasefire and peace?
03:48Not yet.
03:49No clear path and no concrete proposal.
03:51But yes, indeed, Donald Trump sounded more optimistic
03:53when he made that statement when he was addressing
03:56the United Nations General Assembly.
03:57Let's take a listen to it.
03:59We're working very closely with the leaders of Russia and Ukraine,
04:04and we will get that one done.
04:06It's going to happen, I think, more quickly than people understand.
04:10Donald Trump did not reveal all the details of how exactly he's going to get that done,
04:14but he did mention that he can also impose more sanctions and tariffs
04:18to add that pressure on Moscow to stop its war against Ukraine.
04:22And one more, Sasha, how does this fit into the, say, wider U.S. diplomatic effort,
04:29especially the work of Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner?
04:33We have been seeing Washington's renewed push and diplomatic push,
04:37trying to put an end to Russia's war against Ukraine.
04:41And on Tuesday evening, reportedly, there was a meeting between U.S.
04:46envoys of Witkoff and Kushner and the Ukrainian negotiating team
04:49alongside the national security advisors from the U.K., France and Germany.
04:54And also then today we're going to keep an eye on the meeting between Marco Rubio
04:57and Sergei Lavrov, who is in the U.S.
05:01Now, another thing here on the agenda is something that Zelensky also spoke about on Tuesday,
05:06possible trilateral meeting between Donald Trump, Volodymyr Zelensky and Vladimir Putin.
05:11Now, Zelensky said he is ready to meet Putin at any moment,
05:14and this is something that is now on the agenda,
05:16possibly for a meeting at the G20 summit in Miami in December.
05:20All right, Sasha, thank you very much.
05:22Our Ukraine correspondent, Sasha Vakulina, on the Trump-Zelensky meeting.
05:26The Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulberg spoke exclusively to Euronews
05:32about the nitty-gritty of a sanctions saga that gripped Brussels,
05:36which ultimately resulted in two Russian businessmen coming off the EU's blacklist.
05:41While the Latvian leader welcomed getting tough on Moscow,
05:44he expressed concern about the legacy it leaves.
05:47For more on this, I'm now joined by our defence correspondent, Angela Skudjins.
05:52Good morning, Angie. Bring us up to speed on this.
05:55Good morning, Stefan. So, yes, I spoke exclusively
05:58with the Latvian Prime Minister Andris Kulbergs yesterday
06:01after the news broke that Latvia had dropped its veto
06:04against the EU's latest sanctions package against Russia.
06:08The reason that Riga dug its heels in so significantly against this
06:13is that France successfully lobbied for the removal of Aleša Uzmanov
06:17from the sanctions list as part of a prisoner swap deal with Azerbaijan
06:21and Slovakia with the removal of Mikhail Friedman.
06:24Riga didn't want this, as well as a range of other nations,
06:29particularly the Baltics.
06:30This means now that these individuals can travel to the European Union
06:35and access money frozen within the European Union.
06:39They haven't been able to do this since 2022.
06:41But the gist of why the Latvian Prime Minister dropped his veto,
06:46instead moving to an abstention,
06:47is that he didn't want to risk the 2,600 other individuals
06:52and entities that are a part of this package,
06:55effectively now sanctioned for the next three years.
06:59He did warn, however, that this could set a dangerous precedent
07:02when it comes to haggling over the sanctions packages in particular.
07:06He doesn't want this to be a political bargaining chip in the future.
07:11So I spoke to Andrus Kulbergs and I started by asking him
07:15whether he was disappointed by Paris and Bratislava
07:20when it comes to this issue.
07:22Generally, yes, because Latvia stood to the end,
07:26the last one in Europe to be against this,
07:29because we consider if war is continuing
07:32and the aggression and the occupation of Ukraine is happening,
07:36there cannot be any discussion of any sanctions.
07:40Either it is sports, what we've seen, either culture,
07:43and now one by one cherry picking out of sanctions,
07:46that is not the way to go.
07:47that is normalising Russia.
07:50So, but there, I cannot communicate
07:54and I cannot know the reasons behind
07:57the national security aspects of each of those countries' positions.
08:02I can't speak for them, but I speak for Latvia
08:05and for our position and for Europe's unity.
08:08It's important.
08:09You spoke on the phone to French President Emmanuel Macron.
08:12Did he not communicate why he needed that individual
08:15in particular to be delisted?
08:16I understand it's a matter of France's national security,
08:21a very highly important matter,
08:23which should be communicated by Macron himself, Emmanuel.
08:28So, I would not be comfortable on communicating this further
08:34because that's not my business at the moment.
08:36I'm worried an important point is about Latvia,
08:41the eastern flank security.
08:43That's because these two individuals directly are associated also in Latvia
08:48because we have their frozen assets here.
08:51And that's the reason we are worried about our security,
08:55Europe's eastern flank security.
08:58thus, I have pushed as well for this not to happen.
09:02So, that's why we were the last ones standing.
09:05And we said we had a choice.
09:07We had a choice to stand to the end,
09:09but that was a high risk of European unity.
09:12and it was an issue.
09:14Do we let go 2,600 by end of today?
09:19And we consulted with Ukraine about it,
09:22with Mr. Zelensky and the prime minister.
09:24And it's also their point.
09:27And they also said it's not worth risking
09:29that we let loose all 2,600,
09:32including Putin himself.
09:33Thus, it's better to keep the unity
09:37and have this compromise.
09:39And we stressed as well
09:41that we have to have more allied forces in Latvia
09:45and we need the support of France.
09:47And France already did good
09:49with the Rafale jet fighter fighting off the drones,
09:53what we have.
09:54But we need more presence here.
09:55And that is something we both agreed.
09:57Mr. Macron has also agreed to come over to Latvia
10:01to see himself the situation on the eastern flank.
10:04You're talking a lot about unity here,
10:06particularly from French President Emmanuel Macron,
10:09but still are you not disappointed
10:10in the way that this has played out?
10:12You've managed to save face,
10:13but what message does it send
10:15to the 2,600 individuals and entities
10:18that are still listed?
10:20Could they compromise or negotiate
10:21to try and get delisted as well?
10:23We spoke all night and this day.
10:27Very important matter is
10:28that we all have in place.
10:3136 months instead of six months.
10:34So 36 months frozen.
10:36Nothing can be taken out of 2,600.
10:39No one can just go and cherry pick.
10:41That's it.
10:42We closed the books.
10:43And you spoke to Ukrainian President
10:45Vladimir Zelensky on the phone.
10:47Is this what he communicated to you,
10:48that it's better to have these sanctions
10:50locked in for 36 months
10:52or risk derailing it all?
10:55No, no, we coordinated the information
10:59through also the Prime Minister of Ukraine
11:02and Zelensky that in the interests,
11:06and he has talks in New York now,
11:09in UN,
11:10and there's a discussion with Macron himself
11:12as well as Mr. Trump and Wanderlion.
11:15These all meetings take place
11:17and it's important that we support Ukraine
11:19to the most their position.
11:21But we all understood
11:22it's not worth risking
11:23for these two individuals,
11:25the whole 2,600.
11:27So it's a better position
11:28that there is no country
11:29which can go and now
11:31in six months again
11:33have anyone taken out.
11:35So 36 months,
11:36even if there's peace talks,
11:38even if there's anything changing,
11:41will remain.
11:41What do you think this saga
11:43in Brussels regarding the sanctions,
11:45what message does that send
11:46Russia regarding peace?
11:49I don't consider myself
11:52that this is something
11:54to impact the peace talks.
11:57No, this is something,
11:59this is not a good message,
12:00generally not.
12:02This, I'm worried here
12:04about the playbook,
12:07which it leaves.
12:08I don't think this is
12:10a very good example
12:11because that gives a message,
12:13oh, hey,
12:15we arrest some politicians somewhere
12:18and then we can ask
12:19for a sanctions package.
12:20You know,
12:20this is not a good playbook
12:23and that's exactly
12:23why we freeze.
12:25It's 36 months.
12:26That's it.
12:26No discussion.
12:27You've also joined us
12:29on Euronews before.
12:31We've previously spoken
12:32about the Baltic security situation,
12:33but what is your assessment today?
12:35Has it changed?
12:36Do you think Russia
12:37could mount
12:37a more aggressive threat
12:39when it comes to the Baltics
12:41and in particular Latvia?
12:43Yes, we've had
12:44definitely our security meetings
12:46over here.
12:47At the moment,
12:48there is no direct information.
12:52We've seen also
12:52the Belarusian exercises,
12:55military exercises.
12:56They were lacking
12:57the Russian counterpart there,
13:00so they don't have
13:01the man force at the moment,
13:02but things can change.
13:07All right,
13:08Angela Skucin speaking
13:09to the Latvian minister,
13:11prime minister, of course.
13:12Now, the U.S.,
13:14Denmark, and Greenland
13:15have signed a deal
13:16aimed at strengthening
13:17Arctic security.
13:19The deal also ends
13:20over a year of tensions
13:22between the U.S.
13:23and its Nordic allies
13:24with U.S. President Donald Trump
13:26after the president
13:27threatened to take
13:28the world's largest island,
13:30which is also
13:31a semi-autonomous territory
13:33of Denmark.
13:34Our NATO correspondent,
13:35Shona Murray,
13:36joins me now.
13:37Good morning, Shona.
13:39So, first question,
13:40what's in the deal?
13:41Well, I think the point
13:42that you made at the start there
13:43is very important
13:44because if this works out,
13:46it does end
13:46a highly corrosive
13:47and unprecedented moment
13:49at NATO
13:49where one ally,
13:51the United States,
13:52the one with the biggest army,
13:53was going to take
13:54a territory
13:55of another ally.
13:56And so, really,
13:58if this is resolved,
13:59then everyone's
14:00for the better
14:00in terms of the alliance.
14:01Now, what it does
14:02is it really builds
14:03on an already existing pact
14:05between the U.S.
14:06and Denmark
14:07from 1951,
14:08from the Cold War year,
14:09which gave the United States
14:10considerable access to Greenland
14:11for fear of the Soviet Union.
14:13Now, the idea is
14:14that the next threat
14:15comes from Russia and China.
14:17So, just let's take a look
14:18at how both sides
14:19are interpreting the deal.
14:20Mette Frederiksen,
14:21the Danish Prime Minister, here.
14:2775 years ago,
14:29we entered into an agreement
14:30about the defence of Greenland.
14:33Today, we are signing
14:34an even bigger
14:35and better agreement.
14:37A deal that can last forever.
14:40This deal is good
14:42for the United States.
14:44It's good for Greenland,
14:45for Denmark,
14:46for the NATO alliance,
14:48and therefore,
14:49also good for Europe.
14:51And then we look
14:52at the tweet
14:52from Katie Miller,
14:53who's the wife
14:54of Stephen Miller.
14:54We know the very highly
14:55influential deputy chief
14:57of staff
14:57in Trump's administration.
14:59She said this,
15:00which is effectively
15:01what Donald Trump
15:02is saying,
15:03which is that the United States
15:04has full control
15:05over Greenland now.
15:06Now, it does,
15:08when you look at the deal,
15:09have a lot to say
15:10about Danish sovereignty
15:11and Greenlandic sovereignty.
15:12But at the same time,
15:14there is quite a considerable,
15:15almost untrammeled access
15:17for the United States
15:18within the territory.
15:19And if you look
15:19at one line here,
15:20it says,
15:20the United States aircraft
15:21may fly over
15:22and land in any territory
15:24in Greenland,
15:25including territorial waters.
15:26The United States
15:27public vessels
15:28may have undersea access
15:29and movement
15:30within the waters
15:31without restriction.
15:32So there is also
15:34within it a veto
15:35for the United States
15:37to not allow countries
15:38that are not in NATO
15:40or the European Union
15:41to have commercial
15:42interest there as well.
15:43So I think
15:44the devil is in the detail,
15:45but there is a bit
15:46of constructive ambiguity there.
15:48What I want to know now,
15:49Shona,
15:50is this the end
15:51of this matter?
15:52This is a really
15:53interesting question
15:54because I think
15:55if it's put to the test,
15:56it may not be.
15:57But for now,
15:58I think there's at least
15:59a sigh of relief
16:00that this confrontation
16:01is over.
16:02Well, what a story.
16:04I hope you're going to
16:04keep covering this for us.
16:06Our NATO correspondent,
16:08Shona Murray.
16:09Morocco goes to the polls
16:11today in legislative elections
16:12that come at a critical moment
16:14for the country.
16:15The economy is growing
16:16and Morocco is investing
16:18heavily in infrastructure,
16:19but many young Moroccans
16:21remain frustrated
16:22by unemployment,
16:24public services,
16:25and the political system
16:27they often feel
16:27disconnected from.
16:29So, what is really
16:30at stake in this election?
16:32And can it restore
16:33trust in politics?
16:34To discuss this,
16:35I'm now joined
16:36by Aboubakar Jamai,
16:38a Moroccan writer
16:39and dean of the
16:40Dona Dill Manning School
16:41of Global Affairs
16:42at the American College
16:43of the Mediterranean
16:44in Exxon, Provence.
16:46Good morning.
16:46Good to have you.
16:48Good morning.
16:49Thank you for having me.
16:50So, some critics argue
16:52that Moroccan elections
16:53can change governments
16:55without fundamentally changing
16:56where power lies,
16:58a.k.a. the monarchy.
17:00Is that a fair description
17:01of the system?
17:05Absolutely.
17:06Suffice to read
17:07the Moroccan constitution
17:09and to look at
17:09the recent history
17:10of Morocco
17:11to see that
17:11when it comes
17:12to the biggest issues,
17:13there are
17:14the decision-making processes
17:15with the royal cabinet
17:16and not with the parliament.
17:19The economy in Morocco
17:20has grown,
17:22infrastructure has expanded,
17:23and Morocco is preparing
17:25for the 2030 World Cup.
17:27Yet, many young people
17:28feel left behind.
17:30Why has economic growth
17:31not translated
17:32into enough jobs?
17:35Because, first of all,
17:36these economic growth numbers
17:38need to be put
17:38into perspective.
17:39So, when we talk
17:40about growth in Morocco
17:41and the last years
17:42we had an average growth
17:44of 4%,
17:44it might seem impressive
17:45from a Western country's
17:47perspective,
17:47but from an immersion
17:49market perspective,
17:50this is not impressive at all
17:52because Morocco needs
17:53at least 6% to 7% growth
17:54to absorb only
17:56the newcomers
17:56to the job market
17:57that alone
17:58to absorb those
17:58who are already unemployed.
18:00The second problem
18:01with the Moroccan system
18:02is that it's kind
18:03of a trickle-down system
18:05which is not really
18:06trickling down resources
18:08to the bottom
18:09of the pyramid.
18:10So, you see
18:11this very shiny project,
18:12but they do not translate
18:13into money
18:14in people's pockets
18:15and in better jobs.
18:18And finally,
18:20yesterday,
18:21EPP leader
18:21Manfred Weber
18:22called on Morocco
18:23to take back
18:24all irregular migrants
18:26who entered
18:26the Spanish enclave Ceuta,
18:28warning there would
18:29be consequences
18:30if Rabat wouldn't act.
18:32Now,
18:33what do the elections
18:34mean for Morocco's
18:35relations with the EU?
18:37I don't think much.
18:39The function of a parliament
18:40in a hybrid
18:41or authoritarian regime
18:42is a shock absorber.
18:44So, it means that
18:45really the equation
18:46for the regime
18:47is to give a little bit
18:48of credibility
18:49because to be a shock absorber
18:50you need to absorb the shock.
18:51so you need a little bit
18:52of credibility
18:52without having really
18:54any political decision-making
18:56power.
18:57And the real issue here,
18:58which is really
18:59a thorny one,
19:00is that Morocco
19:01will continue
19:02producing you
19:03discontent.
19:04It's in the numbers.
19:05It's inevitable
19:05given the demographic
19:06evolution of the country
19:07and the failure
19:08of the political
19:09economic system
19:10to produce jobs
19:11and hence
19:11this migration pressure
19:13actually are here
19:14to stay with us.
19:16So, something
19:16creative needs
19:17to be found
19:18between the EU
19:18and Morocco
19:19to solve that problem.
19:20All right.
19:21Aboubakar Jemai
19:22on the elections
19:23in Morocco.
19:23Thank you for your insights.
19:25That does it for us today.
19:27Stay tuned
19:28to Euronews
19:29throughout the day.
19:30Thank you for watching.
19:31I'm Stefan Grobe.
19:32See you tomorrow.
19:33and I'll see you tomorrow.
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