Russia is calling on the eu to stump up billions of dollars to help rebuild syria. I am in brussels to speak to russias representative to the eu, vladimir chizhov. He said that if the eu doesnt pay, then they will bear the responsibility for that. But russian planes are still destroying parts of syria and rather than support the peace talks at the United Nations, russia has set up their own parallel talks. So what responsibility does it have to end the war in syria . Vladimir chizhov, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. What do you mean when you say that if the eu dont pay for the reconstruction of syria or contribute to it, they will bear the responsibility for that . Well, the reconstruction of syria, after the extensive damage that has been inflicted on that country during over six years of war, is, in my view, the responsibility of the whole international community, including, of course, the European Union. Now, the European Union has been declaring a number of times its willingness to
Russia is calling on the eu to stump up billions of dollars to help rebuild syria. Iam in i am in brussels to speak to russias representative to the eu, vladimir chizhov. He said that if the eu doesnt pay, then they will bear the responsibility for that. But russian planes are still destroying parts of the country and rather than support the Peace Process at the un, they have set up their own parallel talks. So what responsibility do the russians themselves have for ending the war in syria . Vladimir chizhov, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you. What do you mean when you say that if the eu dont pay for the reconstruction of syria or contributed to it, they will bear the responsibility for that . Well, the reconstruction of syria, after the extensive damage that has been inflicted on that country during over six years of war, is, in my view, the responsibility of the whole international community, including the European Union. Now the European Union has been declaring a number of times its w
Afternoon. I want to thank the secretary of state counselor and chief of joint staff for the day of very productive meetings. We are quite pleased to host the first session of the dialogue since we agree on the format in the president ial summit. This is one of four distinct dialogue areas that will implement the president s vision for constructive results bilateral relations. We are sustaining these regular talks at a much higher level then principles in both the civilian and military agencies. President trump looks forward to his visit to china later this year. As we said before, relations have undergone a profound transformation in the past 40 years. These dialogs provide an opportunity to consider how we are going to engage and live with one another over the next four years. Furthering the relationship we need to expand areas of cooperation as we did today on issues that we have secured interest but we also need to address directly and frankly areas where we face threats or have di
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Corporate funding is provided by mutual of america designing customized individual and Group Retirement products. Thats why were your retirement company. Additional support has been provided by and by the corporation for public broadcasting, and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. Thank you. From the tisch wnet studios at Lincoln Center in new york, hari sreenivasan. Sreenivasan good evening and thank you for joining us. President trumps vow to get tough on north korea is being tested by todays first missile test by north korea since mister trump took office. This morning, north korea fired an intermediate range missile that flew 300 miles east over the Korean Peninsula and landed in the sea of japan, according to south korean and u. S. Officials. The pentagon says the missile posed no threat to north america, and reuters quoted an anonymous u. S. Official as saying this was no surprise. Still, nato the u. S. Led military alliance with europe condemned the test,