Morning its 9 oclock here in moscow youre watching international the chief negotiator for the u. S. In peace talks with the taliban is to testify before Congress Amid questions over president Donald Trumps decision to end discussions with the terror group meanwhile the taliban has returned to the negotiating table in exclusive interview with r. T. I do the. Work but we are still committed to the. Policy from this very minute. As most of. What conflict except. Peace on the table so. To. Speak. To. Just. After the fact if theyre going to go. Well the taliban regularly conduct terrorist attacks across afghanistan in the latest incident at least 4 afghan troops were killed and 3 injured when a taliban suicide car bomb hit a military base in southern couple on thursday donald trump ended almost a year of negotiations with the taliban last sunday when they admitted killing a u. S. Servicemen to quote strengthen their bargaining position but it looks now at how the talks fell apart. Just days
Establishments and the iranians through the militias that they sent as well as obviously funding through the Syrian Regime be it through oil supplies or other things obviously the syrian conflict has had its burden on it not to mention the fact that iran is also involved in several other conflicts in the region not least as weve just heard there yemen so thats whats the main triggering each one of these sides to try and find a solution what so theyre discussing today well specifically theyre looking at it live the last remaining stronghold of the armed opposition groups inside syria but also how to essentially had to put it quite bluntly divvy up the country the turks are looking to ensure that they control east of the euphrates see the russians will want so its an guarantee is with regard so thats their rain ians as well that their influence on the country isnt lost if thats taken into account whats important also to mention here rob isnt just. Who is participating in this tyrant tril
A very warm welcome to the program from all of us here at our 2 h. Q. In moscow into joining us this hour. The chief negotiator for the u. S. In peace talks with the taliban is to testify before congress made questions over president Donald Trumps decision to end discussions with the terror group meanwhile the taliban has urged him to return to the negotiating table in an exclusive interview with r. T. I dont know that theyre the reason behind it maybe you can ask them what happened but we are still committed to the leadership since we said that to i want to stand our policy from this time the commitment by this time is that theres no solution for the afghan conflict except negotiations and accepted peace on the table so we have already finalized and we hope that mr tung he didnt fit his. Announcement in he come back to where we were and we just signed draft after that and practically be able to make it on the ground. The taliban routinely conducts terrorist attacks across afghanistan
So i mean listening there to Martin Griffiths the u. N. Special envoy to yemen appealing for more calm especially in this situation with aid and also reporting as he sees it some progress having been made in implementing the stop home agreement lets bring in our diplomatic editor james bass hes live for us at the United Nations james what do you make of that. Well martin gryphus addressing the u. N. Security council at a regularly planned meeting on yemen the monthly meeting on yemen to update them on the situation in that country but clearly a meeting that has been overtaken by recent events the attack on Saudi Oil Installations and that was the subject of the very start of his address to the Security Council he described this as a terrifying moment that made regional conflict more likely he said that in conjunction with an attack on a prison at the beginning of the month that killed more than 100. 00 people and the tension in the south in aden and the separatist attendances there mad
Territory was not used to launch these attacks the statement went on to say that iraq sort self as having a vital role in trying to diffuse this crisis its fair to say though that this tension has escalated in recent months between the u. S. And iran a lot of attention is being paid towards certain very powerful armed groups in this country that are backed by iran that support iran here the socalled Popular Mobilization forces that were set up in 2014 to fight i saw were integrated into the Iraqi Security forces in 2016 and theres been as i say a lot of questions as to how they would respond to any kind of potential military escalation by the u. S. Against iran or iranian interests now there has been no official statement by the Popular Mobilisation forces in relation to this Current Crisis the Iraqi Government is very keen to stress that iraq is very much doing all it can to diffuse this crisis but of course this major u. S. Ally iraq its biggest regional ally is iran iran has a huge