co hosts of the glasgow un climate conference, italy and britain as co hosts. so they will have much to talk about in the run up to glasgow. and another key bilateral meeting we will be watching out for is between borisjohnson and the french president emmanuel macron. apparently not going to be a full sit down meeting, but as it s called in tv cameraman language, some kind of walk past spray, which may give you a sense of the slight tension that there is at the moment between britain and france, focusing on post brexit fishing rights, with both governments threatening to block fishing trawlers from each other s countries from going into each other s waters. that is a real point of tension at the moment. the french president has said that it tests britain s reputation and credibility on the world stage. borisjohnson has said that he fears that the trade deal with the eu could already have been breached.
so we felt it was really important that once we started taking ground, we needed to get it done as quickly as we could. in copenhagen, after smulian had relaid that, yes, it was viktor bout, that he was interested in pursuing the sale with smulian and the farc, we devised a meeting location because for dea to get the investigation done, we needed to have a sit-down meeting with viktor bout. so we chose romania for that meeting. a bunch of benefits. if we made an arrest in romania, they have a solid extradition treating and very good judicial capabilities to monitor phones. so that was our first thing. to meet with the romanian counterparts. once we did that, we set the time. smulian came in to romania. carlos was in romania. the other farc role player commandante was in romania. all their efforts from that moment on were to get viktor to come in. and that s where we encountered
so we felt it was important once we start taking ground, we needed to get it done as quickly as we could. in copehagen after somalia said it was viktor bout, he was interested in pursuing the sale with somalia and the farc. we devised a meeting location because for dea to get the investigation done, we needed to have a sitdown meeting with viktor bout. so we chose romania for that meeting. there were a lot of benefits. they have a solid extradition treaty and had very good judicial capabilities to monitor phones. so that was first. once we did that, we set the time, smulian came to romania, carlos was in romania and the other farc role player was in romania. all their efforts from to moment on were to get viktor to come in and that s where we encountered
after the meeting, carlos said hey, he pulled me asidewalking back from a meal and said what we went to see. why did he do this? i don t know. he was trying to impress me. it also showed that he had a righteous arm trafficker to supply to them and he would get some percentage of whatever the deal was going to be. once somalia said viktor bout, then we knew that we were in but that s only part of it. we could have all the meetings with andrew somalia but if we don t have a sit down meeting with viktor bout, we re not going to get what we need. all their efforts from that moment on was to get viktor to come in for a meeting and that s where we encountered some curveballs.
a notorious arms trafficker whose weapons deals intensified some of the bloodiest conflicts around the world. after the meeting, carla said hey, he pulled me aside and said we went to see. but also in his mind, showed he had a righteous arms trafficker that would come to him and he would get some percentage of what the deal would be. once he said victor boot, we knew we were in, but that s only part of it. we can have all the meetings with and rhee, but if we don t have a sit-down meeting with victor, we re not going to get what we need. all their efforts from that moment on were to get victor to come in and have a meeting with