Now. Live from moscow thanks for joining us. With you tonight welcome to the program. U. S. President donald trump has canceled his state visit to denmark claiming its over the nasty remarks of the countrys Prime Minister it offered to buy greenland which is a danish dependent territory the offer though was quickly rebuffed. Prime minister just a bit that it was absurd that was that it was that absurd idea was that the i thought it was inappropriate statement which he had to do is say no we wouldnt be address it youre not sure at this because. Its an absolute discussion and to Prime Minister of greenland has of course made it clear that greenland is not for sale and thats where the conversation and. Dont say what it absurd idea that is because hes not talking to me. Hes not to appear to me you dont get to the United States of america you dont talk to the United States that way at least in the me denmarks queen who would have hosted trump expressed shock at his abrupt cancellation we learned is the Worlds Largest island and its got plenty of resources to trump the idea that its a boy whos not entirely new. Reports poor queen of denmark it just happened to be that way you know the way that part of her land is the worlds biggest island greenland just to the northeast of america and that its donald trump whos in charge at the white house right now how about the u. S. Greenland all of it and i guess we 1st visited like he was joking and said can we buy greenland and he was joking and then kept coming back to it the danish Prime Minister would not sell him greenland calling the idea absurd we must face the truth that our president is raving like a lunatic you can check out some of the trump greenland means if you havent seen them but now everyone who giggled at donald trump adding the island to his shopping wishlist have realized his being absolutely serious just so you know the president s idea is an old 1150 years old in fact. I have heretofore expressed the opinion that we should purchase iceland and greenland but especially the latter the reasons are political and commercial now the acquisition of greenland will flank british america for thousands of miles on the north and west and greatly increase her inducements peacefully and cheerfully to become a part of the American Union but the actual proposal didnt come until just after the end of world war 2 that was when the state Department Officials once again outlined the benefits. The committee indicates that money is plentiful now that greenland is completely worthless to denmark and the control of greenland is indispensable to the safety of the United States and so washington offered denmark 100000000. 00 in gold bullion for the island copenhagens answer was no well we have much to america i do not feel that we have been the whole island of greenland although the us shouldnt really have been disappointed because of what happened next in just a couple of years denmark joined nato plus not only it gave up attempts to get rid of the us military on the island it allowed the pentagon to set up americas northernmost air base there here where the temperature has dropped to below 0 and winds rose to 150 miles an hour gave you force a bright sun as a rock blues are created by dense fog or blinding snow American Ingenuity and daring have built a new post in this country to do them. Based on the top of the world that documentary was even nominated for the cademy awards by the way anyway since the pentagon can still pretty much treat greenland as its own backyard there isnt much for the u. S. Administration to worry about their radars are out there in a perfect position to track Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles and satellites and low earth orbit before they reach the skies of mainland u. S. Or wait china is always something to worry about even if were talking arctic beijings already made an attempt to buy a former american base on the island and try to secure a contract to build a new airport there for now the chinese were shown the door but now what the white house man read the stirring things up around greenland we could be in force in very odd twists in the story. Poor queen of denmark. I mean while in nearby iceland the countrys leaders said she will skip a visit of the u. S. Vice president mark penns next month say shes got prior commitments to speak at a trade Union Conference in sweden. The fact is i was long ago i asked to give the keynote speech at the annual conference of nordic trade unions bans this visit which was organized by the minister for Foreign Affairs has been rescheduled many times so its been hard to organize oneself around it she made a point though of saying it had nothing to do with trumps cancellation of his state visit to denmark and then it was not about snubbing the white house mike pence is expected to discuss allies in the strategic position in the arctic and increased nato operations in the region the us plans to invest 57000000. 00 in a military naval base there next year called bergman whos a professor of politics at before university in iceland thinks the Prime Minister isnt too upset about missing the meeting. Current Prime Minister of iceland to stop opposite end of the political spectrum to trumps ministration might feel or not unhappy. With their current reclass but seems to be occurring theres clearly a difference of opinion between the party your cutting out cops took to get in iceland. Both plans military operations. Preserve in the arctic. What its an administration so clearly there are there are a right youre pretty speech in that took our troops. Antiwar activists have revealed the extent of british arms contracts with a Saudi Led Coalition operating in yemen arties explained. Well the latest figures from the campaign against arms trade reveal that the u. K. Government granted export licenses to the tune of some 6200000000 pounds over a period of 4 years since the Saudi Led Coalition began its strikes in yemen back in march 2015 theres no public data however over whether or not the license holders exported the goods in their entirety or half or none but essentially what it does show is it is the amount that they were entitled to export the government doesnt really want to know how those weapons are being used as weapons are being used in a way that violates International Humanitarian law and of course it would have to act the man would have to stop was cereals are at risk do know from a huge body of evidence from United Nations that has to International Order most respectable n. G. O. S in the world people in the ground in yemen they have all infused saidee Led Coalition or rich in violations going to merge with humanitarian law and that means destruction of schools means destruction of hospitals news the destruction of all this is a terrible humanitarian crisis as possible because of the complicity in support of arms exporting governments such as the campaign against arms trade says that the total amount is likely to be higher because many of the weapons and ammunitions that were used by members of the Saudi Led Coalition in fact we licensed by a separate body for which there is no public datta now back in june of this year the court of appeal ruled that the u. K. Government had acted unlawfully when it granted licenses of a u. K. Made weapons to members of the Saudi Led Coalition without 1st checking if they use it in the past had led to britches of International Law the government was ordered not to approve new licenses and also to review those that it had already given and it was agreed that the government would not allow new sales of weapons to the 5 participating members. The Saudi Led Coalition in yemen now the British Government denies this and it has rejected these allegations outright the u. K. Operates one of the most robust export control regimes in the world licensing decisions are based on the most up to date information and analysis available at the time including advice from those with diplomatic and military expertise and reports from overseas network and n. G. O. S the saudi bombing in yemen began back in 2015 and has resulted in what the United Nations cause the worst humanitarian disaster ever. And the campaign against arms trade is highly critical of the role that the u. K. Has played and once a to review its future participation. A belgian reasons proposed ban on her kosher slaughter is set to come into force next month a move that was tested a tight balance in a huge place in between Animal Welfare and religious freedom kosher slaughter requires animals to be alive and healthy they are killed through having their necks cut freestanding isnt widely used which is one of the reasons why the practice is bad in several e. U. Countries the new law in a region of belgium though has 3rd controversy among the countrys jewish and muslim communities. To have the government interfere in this way is damaging to the reputation of the jewish people as a community it implies that we as a group are irresponsible with the welfare of animals and need government supervision which is of course a very negative few of us and we spoke with leading philosopher who shared his thoughts on the upcoming ban in belgium i dont think it is necessarily let me say this. We should never forget that there is in your our own rule of. Lets call it right. But they find a candidate they could just take that both sides again is there a side and a masculine side effect that i claimed god. Limits and you know. If you dont become buckling fundamentalists you see them immediately into never just let defend go close exist. Explode when they think exist in the same god to be when they in back. In germany assyrian Asylum Seekers been found guilty of manslaughter and a killing that sparked race riots in the city of chemists last year the man was sentenced to 9 a half years in jail or european correspondent peter all of a report. A 23 year old syrian asylum applicant has been sentenced to 9 and a half years by a court in dresden for the month slaughter of the 35 year old man daniel hilik who was stabbed to death in chemists last year now its understood that the main suspect in the killing a 22 year old Iraqi National has not been found by police yet its under study may well have fled the country after initial shock there was violent and at times ugly scenes in the city which drew the attention of the worlds media we saw some footage of refugees and migrants being chased by purported members of far right groups there was also marches through the city by the police to be a nazi overnight they should we thought the members of the far right in the immigration. And to be gracious Political Parties the. Very violent trying to the police really not in control as these marches clashed with anti fascist marches throughout the city of parents over a number of days following the violence what that was finally got so difficult troll there was an attempt to try and bring communities back together the hash tag we are more behind a number of rock concerts including one really large one in chemists and demonstrations including a colossal march here in the german capital however its when we look at the political impact there we can really see the effect that the killing of this man really had if we look at the local city elections in came its from earlier this year we saw alternative for germany the Immigration Party they came in 2nd thats not really surprising in the east of germany but whats more surprising about the city elections is the fact that the well party. Proclaim its which has some links to prominent neo nazi groups took 8 percent of the vote giving them 60 seats on the city council of care lets but also when we look at this on a National Level if we compare how people voting intentions looked in 2017 compared to 2018 after this killing there was a marked support for those who were representing anti immigration parties and that was certainly being represented almost across the country certainly though in the east of germany so we do have a sentence of verdicts man slaughter is the verdict busy 9 and a half years for a man who stabbed or took part in the stabbing death of a 35 year old and chemists which sparked such ugly violent scenes last year. Ok lets go live now to new york where the u. N. Security council discussing the latest developments in americas Medium Range Missile program the meeting called by russia and china following the recent Cruise Missile test by the United States following its withdrawal from that treaty 3 weeks ago lets listen in now on so they confront the interest of it always a little at a time is when many dont get will stand humanity has an opportunity to turn away from the relation to resonate and to deal with the stance of issues of development dealing with those issues would make all of our lives better. Of for some time the treaty was closely implemented by both russia and the United States however it gradually became clearer and clearer that this treaty like other agreements on disarmament and arms control had become uncomfortable for American Partners who were convinced of their own exclusivity and who were ever more decisively imposing on others unilateral scheme of international relations. The 1st victim of these washingtons ambitions was the a. B. M. Treaty in 2003. Russia had actively fought since the end of the 1990 s. To maintain the treaty. Immediately after this the american stated that they had plans to deploy missile launchers for Missile Defense system in Eastern Europe allegedly to protect them from a threat from iran. In response to our concerns we were told that these pieces of equipment certainly couldnt be used against russia. Nonetheless when the 1st of them was deployed in romania it became obvious that they could easily be reequipped to launch tomahawk missiles which are banned under the i. N. F. Treaty. We immediately your attention to this. Now it is completely obvious that we were right on the 18th of august only 2 weeks after exiting the eye and the treaty in washington its carried out a test launch of a medium range rocket using this m. K. 41 launch system. Now from the beginning of august of this year there are no limits on the development and deployment of similar systems. In this way following the denunciation of the antiballistic missile treaty the latest piece of the arms control architecture has been kicked away an architecture that it is time allowed for the development and conclusion of the strategic arms reduction treaty the start treaty. Incidentally that treaty will run out in february 2021 and is also at risk. Key figures in the current american ministration have repeatedly in both public and private given to understand that they have no interest in maintaining the start treaty in its current form. In parallel virtually from the 1st day of exiting the i. N. F. Treaty american officials have begun to make threats and statements. That leave no doubt that washington firstly had intended this situation as it now stands and secondly that consistently and deliberately violated the i. N. F. Treaty for some time already. How would it be possible otherwise for the head of the pentagon mark. To announce in the 1st days of august the opportunity to deploy medium and short range land missiles in just a few months it wouldnt be possible to establish such weapons in such a short amount of time. Madam president we didnt call this meeting to expose the hypocrisy of our american colleagues. And today it is obvious to any old nonbiased disarmament expert that this is an incontrovertible fact. And however much they might harp today in our meeting on the idea that it was the actions of russia that undermined the i. N. F. Treaty the most recent steps taken by washington are eloquent evidence to the contrary. This is not even the issue. Quite honestly today mainly we are not turning to our American Partners because everything is clear in the situation with them with very surprised by the position that is being stubborn need taken by our european colleagues. You may remember that as recently as fed as december last year russia put forward a draft General Assembly resolution supporting i. N. F. Treaty. It contained no criticism of the United States and only called for diplomatic efforts to be strengthened or supported to deal with any issues connected to security and the National Interests of all u. N. Member states without exception. We unambiguously warned at that time that the demise of the i. N. F. Wouldnt just undermine the n. P. T. Article 6 but would also lead to a new arms race. At that time many partners listen closely to us but not the european allies of washington i have a question to you are you happy today that in december they you prefer to press the red button. Do you really not understand that in what youve done with the americans step by step you are returning to a historical situation when. Missiles were targeting european cities from different sides. For our part we would not be the 1st to make use of such measures however considering that our american colleagues are clearly rubbing their hands and want to flex their muscles then its possible that that situation that i described could happen quite soon. On the whole do you realize that because of the us is geo political ambitions we are all one step from an arms race that cannot be controlled or regulated in any way. We are very concerned by the prospect of that. But our american colleagues scenes are not in many ways if you believe president all tromped america is ready for an arms race because allegedly this process is possible for it to overcome any of its potential enemies in material and technical sense. In the u. Into benefits of that logic in the tradition of the best american westerns we can look at the figures the military budget of the United States only according to public data is around 700000000000 us dollars the budget of nato is one trillion 400000000000. 00 us dollars and these are just rough figures. To compare the budget is of russia would be around 60000000. 00 so that this is 20 times less than natos. Now after the u. S. Is risky activities all of these figures could increase. The american president has already set the question about that incidentally expenditure on developing weapons that contravene the i. N. F. Treaty which included in the American Military budget a long time before this document was given his death sentence but allegedly russia is nonetheless guilty of all of this. Modern president. Just think how much good has been done for for Sustainable Development for helping poor people and for helping developing people of a developing countries think about how much could have been done with the money that are where our western colleagues are spent on military expenditure in this context the what our American Partners are doing with the budget for peacekeeping operations and the the the practice of playing of paying their contribution to the u. S. The u. N. Budget at the very last moment. Which includes some 10000000000. 00 u. S. Dollars now this looks not only petty but it also looks like they dont have any respect for the other Member States of this Global Organization we. Say this to their faces but what about you. Are you going to try and evade your share of the responsibility for whats happening. And also allegedly a down to an allegedly russian and chinese threat will the future generations forgive you this. Despite everything that ive said we still havent lost faith that common sense and an instinct of selfdefense will nonetheless went out among our western partners because whats at stake here is the very existence of humanity. The question is only how many means and efforts will be wasted until the possibility for progress for progress and cooperation is lost. For our part we were and we remain ready for any serious dialogue to guarantee strategic stability and security. And if this depended only on us then we certainly wouldnt have reached the dangerous situation that were in today that said we remain realists. Breaking things does not mean building them. Until launch and more or less sustainable and effective format for discussing issues of strategic stability and arms control as shown by history might take years if not decades. But solving the problems including the problem coming from washington is irresponsible activities is something we need to do today. Thank you. I think there are plants and plenty of the Russian Federation and thank you to Florida Democrats and i did the United States. Thank you madam president and i want to thank undersecretary general mark me too for briefing today. Colleagues we should be Crystal Clear about why we are here today. The United States entered into the intermediate range Nuclear Forces treaty with the soviet union in the late 1980 s. But more than a decade ago the Russian Federation decided it would break its treaty obligations and pursue a Missile System with a range expressly prohibited by the i. N. F. Treaty. Over the last several years russia developed produced flight tested and now has fielded multiple battalions of its i. N. F. Noncompliant m 9729 Missile System. In response earlier this month and after 6 years of u. S. Diplomacy to return russia to compliance and preserve the treaty our secretary of state affirmed the us withdrawal from the i. N. F. Treaty as the secretary said in his statement the United States will not remain a party to a treaty that is deliberately violated by russia. The other nato allies also concluded that russia had materially breached the i. N. F. Treaty let me repeat russia had materially breached the i. N. F. Treaty and the nato allies fully supported the u. S. Withdrawal due to russias intransigence. Were here today because the Russian Federation preferred a world in which the United States continued to fulfill its i. N. F. Treaty obligations while the Russian Federation did not. Indeed the Russian Federation and china would still like a world where the United States exercises selfrestraint while they continue their arms buildups unabated and unabashed russia now threatens that it will reciprocate if the United States positions intermediate range missiles in europe but russia had already fielded such missiles in europe while the i. N. F. Treaty was still in effect. What we and our nato allies know is that russia has produced and fielded multiple battalions of m. 9729. 00 ground launch Cruise Missiles throughout russia in violation of the now terminated i. N. F. Treaty including in western russia with the ability to strike critical european targets likewise China Threatens to target u. S. Allies that host any u. S. Missiles even though china has already deployed thousands of interment in a Medium Range Missiles with the purpose of holding the United States and our allies and partners at risk madam president now that the i. N. F. Treaty no longer exists due to the Russian Federation the United States is taking the necessary steps to address the threat posed by intermediate range Missile Forces being deployed in ever larger numbers by russia and china which the i. N. F. Treaty failed to hinder today there are no u. S. Ground launched intermediate range missiles 0 in contrast russia has developed and deployed multiple battalions of such missiles china possesses approximately 2000 missiles that would have been prohibited under the i. N. F. Treaty had china been a party to it. Furthermore us flight tests to develop a ground launched conventional capability are neither provocative nor destabilizing their prudent response to ensuring the United States has the capabilities to defend our interests in the post i. N. F. Treaty world that russia created and are the culmination of treaty compliant u. S. Research and Development Efforts dating back to december 2017 these efforts were never a secret and again they were not prohibited by the treaty. Weve heard a narrative today that the United States had itself been in violation of the i. N. F. Treaty because of our recent flight test which use the m k 41 launcher that is also found in our ages to shore Missile Defense system this is categorically false the ages ashore system does not have an offensive ground launched ballistic or Cruise Missile capability although utilizes some of the same structural components as the sea based m. K. 41. 00 vertical launch System Installed on ships the a just a short vertical launching system is not the same launcher as a sea based and k 41 vertical launch system and the ages the shore system did not violate our i. N. F. Treaty obligations a more relevant discussion today about threats to International Peace and security would focus on the fact that while the United States worked to reduce the number and salience of Nuclear Weapons the Russian Federation and china did not follow the us lead in this regard to the contrary they moved in the opposite direction by developing in fielding new nuclear and missile capabilities over the last decade. The Russian Federation is upgrading and diversifying its Nuclear Weapons capabilities and its total Nuclear Stockpile is likely to grow significantly over the next decade this growth will be driven primarily by a projected increase in the Russian Federations nonstrategic Nuclear Weapons the i. N. F. Treaty violating and not 9 m. 729. 00 missile is only one in a series of ground sea and air based russian systems being modernized and developed with greater accuracy longer ranges and Lower Nuclear yields in order to enable Russian Nuclear strategy and doctrine including limited 1st use of Nuclear Weapons we believe the Russian Federation has up to 2000 Nonstrategic Nuclear warheads of various types in comparison the United States currently has a single non Strategic Nuclear weapon