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Speaker 1: Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky on Friday has said that the

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Russia war in Ukraine was moving towards ending this week,

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if only that the Russian President Vladimir Putin wasn’t afraid

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of coming to Anchora, the Turkey capital, on Thursday, to

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have faced to face peace steel talks with him in

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line with his own request for direct peace talks, which

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Zelensky said made him to travel to Turkey in person,

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but it was a surprise the Kremlin leader, President Vladimir

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Putin instead sent a very low level government officials to

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the Russia president proposed dialogue meeting in Anchora. Although Russia

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and Ukraine have been wrestling for months over the logistics

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of peace talks, with hopes of achieving such in the

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proposed Anchora peace talks, but days before d Day, President

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Donald Trump of the United States US had said that

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he sees no movement of Putin coming to Anchora until

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he and Putin get together, and according to President Zelenski,

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it was President Trump who told him publicly to am

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meets ediately accept the Kremlin leader’s proposal of direct talks.

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President Donald Trump, who since on Friday had left the

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Middle East, back home to meet his new grandson after

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his daughter Tiffany Trump announced she gave birth to her

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first child on Thursday, said he will meet with Russian

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President Vladimir Putin as soon as we can set it

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up to discuss Ukraine Russia piece talks. According to Zelenski,

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I addressed the European Political Community Summit this week. We

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had a real chance to move toward ending the war

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if only Putin hadn’t been afraid to come to Turkey

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a I was there ready for a direct meeting with

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him to resolve all key issues. He didn’t agree to anything.

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I spoke with President Donald Trump together with President Macron,

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Federal Chancellor Mertz, Prime Minister’s starmer and Tusk. We discussed

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the meeting in Istanbul. Ukraine is ready to take the

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fastest possible steps to bring real peace, and it is

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important that the world holds a strong stance our position.

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If the Russians reject a full and unconditional cease fire

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and an end to killings, tough sanctions must follow. Pressure

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on Russia must be maintained until Russia is ready to

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end the war. Thank you to everyone in the world

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who is helping United Kingdom UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer said,

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if Russia is unwilling to come to the negotiating table,

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Putin must pay the price. Speaking to President Donald Trump,

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we are closely aligning our response to Russia’s unacceptable position.

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While ending his Middle East tour on Friday, President Trump

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said I would actually leave here and go meet Putin.

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I do want to see my beautiful grandson. It would

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be recalled that Ukraine and Russia have not held any

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direct talk since March twenty twenty two, shortly after Putin

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sent tanks over the border, beginning the first major land

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war in Europe since World War II. But according to Reuter’s,

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hopes of a major breakthrough appeer unlikely, with US President

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Donald Trump declaring there wasn’t likely to be any progress

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in the peace talks until he meets with his Russian counterpart.

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Nothing’s going to happen until Putin and I meet. President

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Trump declared.

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Speaker 2: You know nothing about a delegation. Avenue rejected, Look, nothing’s

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gonna happen until Putin. Did I get together? Okay, we

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need and obviously he was he was gonna go, but

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he thought I was gonna go, and he wasn’t going.

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If I wasn’t there, and then he can make I

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don’t believe anything’s gonna happen, whether you like it or not,

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until he and I get together. But we’re gonna have

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to get it shut be. There’s so many people to die.

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Speaker 1: Thank you. You’re gonna land right now.

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Speaker 2: Thank you this Now it’s time to go back home.

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My daughter had a baby. I’m gonna go back home

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and see that little baby, and then we get back

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to a lot of workfall see what happens with Russia

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and your great.

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Speaker 1: When do you think you’ll meet President as soon as

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we can?

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Speaker 2: Said I was gonna I would actually leave.

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Speaker 3: It looks more.

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Speaker 4: Thanks so much, the friend, Thank you so much, Prime

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minisur Rama, thank you, and thank you Albania for hosting

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AUSTER team not just in a beautiful country, but in

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the country that believes in Europe and stands for its future.

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Speaker 3: Dear friends, thank you.

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Speaker 4: All for your support and I appreciate that we share

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the same understanding.

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Speaker 3: This war or Russia against Ukraine must be ended as

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soon as possible and in a just way. Ukraine needs peace.

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Speaker 4: Peace in Europe depends on whether Ukraine will get it.

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Speaker 3: All of you know that.

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Speaker 4: This week we had a real chance to take important

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steps towards ending this war, if only Putting had not

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been afraid to come to Turkey.

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Speaker 3: I was in An.

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Speaker 4: Yesterday and thanks for participating and hosting US President Ardaghan.

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And I was ready for a direct meeting with Putting,

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whether in Ankara or in Istanbul, and not just for

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a meeting, but to resolve all the important all the

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important issues to my mind, But he didn’t agree to anything.

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Speaker 3: I mean Putting.

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Speaker 4: And you can also see that the Russian delegation that

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came to Istanbul is of a very low level. None

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of them are people who actually make decisions in Russia. Still,

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I sent our team to Istanbul, led by Ukraine’s Minister

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of Defense, at least to see if those Russians can

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actually decide anything.

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Speaker 3: Our number one priority.

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Speaker 4: Is a full, unconditional and honest ceasefire. This must happen

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immediately to stop the killing and create a solid basis

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for diplomacy.

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Speaker 3: Was wall.

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Speaker 4: And if the Russian representatives in Istanbul today cannot even

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agree to that, to cease fire, to this clearly necessary

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first step, then it will be one hundred percent clear

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that Putting continues to undermine the Blomacy.

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Speaker 3: If that’s not the case, there must be at least

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some results today. Starting with that ceasefile.

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Speaker 4: The Ukrainian delegation has a mandate to make decisions. As

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we saw yesterday, Russia send almost the same people it’s

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sent in twenty twenty two. They show that Russia has

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not changed its basic approach. They make many statements, many

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threats that will solve nothing.

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Speaker 3: They are doing everything they can to.

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Speaker 4: Tour on this Istanbul meeting into a staged, empty process,

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just like the ones.

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Speaker 1: In twenty twenty two.

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Speaker 4: It’s not US or Western leaders whoa disrupting the negotiation,

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and the Russians have been claiming for years is Russians

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who send empty heads to the Toks and that’s what

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destroys the meaning the meaning of the Blomacy.

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Speaker 1: So if it.

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Speaker 4: Turns out that the Russian delegation really is just theatrical

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and can’t deliver any results.

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Speaker 3: Today, the world must respond.

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Speaker 4: There needs to be a strong reaction, including sanctions against

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Russia’s energies sector and banks. Pressure must continue to rise

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until real progress is made. Ukraine is ready to take

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all realistic steps to end this war.

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Speaker 3: I call on put him to give his delegation.

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Speaker 4: Real authority, and we need a full stop to the

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killing long enough to give diplomacy a real chance. Secondly,

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we must build at least the minimum level of trust

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in the negotiation process. This can be done by realising

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releasing prisoners of war, returning Ukrainian children taken by Russia,

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and releasing civilian hostages currently.

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Speaker 3: Held by the Russian side.

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Speaker 4: We need to clear clearly and defined which issues must

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be handled at the leadership level, not below, and we

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all know who makes the real decisions in Russia. Fourth,

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together with the leaders and together with the countries who

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are here with us today, we have begun to create

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a new security architecture for Ukraine and all of Europe.

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Speaker 3: I think everyone who is on board.

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Speaker 4: Now it’s time to move to where in practical steps.

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And Fifth, for the United States, President Round wants to

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end this war.

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Speaker 3: We need to keep working closely with.

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Speaker 4: President then stay as coordinated as possible. Long term US

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is also essential. An American backstop is needed. It’s important

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that we all work together on every level to make

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that happen. And of course I will keep you informed

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throughout the day about what is happening in Istanbul and

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whether there is any chance the Russian delegation will take

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real steps to stop the killing and bring the war

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to an end.

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Speaker 3: Thank you Eddie again for invitation

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Speaker 1: In a monag