Im going to have our 1st welcome to this special edition of the news as we cover the festivities commemorating 30 years of german reunification on this Germanys National holiday it was on this day 30 years ago that east and west germany reunited to become one country again for the 1st time since the 2nd world war this years event is being held in potsdam the capital state of brandon book state near berlin that german president from father steinmeyer will be speaking shortly well bring you his speech live its a splendid occasion but this years festivities are scaled down in compliance with social distancing measures and other restrictions put in place due to the coronavirus kind. Of help me guide us through the events today and shine a light on its significance im joined in the studio but it of you cross part. Common ration venue in potsdam nina hoss is standing by at the iconic Brandenburg Gate in berlin we welcome. Thomas sparrow and lets start with you the german president is speakin
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Was within the soviet union and its quite another thing to be part of us that by john which is now an independent state. I mean really going on since since the breakup of the and so the soviet union one of the things that makes it different than what we saw from the original conflict out of the end of the soviet union was in the late eightys early ninetys i want to be unimpressed to see you and this case both countries are relatively well armed now. Even though azerbaijan has significantly more well because of oil and russia is supplies the arms to both countries more or less here but the difference in this case this time around is its becoming much more internationalized turkey is playing a major role here and a lot of people are very critical of turkeys role here israel is involved. Others want to pull in iran this is the internationalization of it if it were to internationalize it would be a repeat was seen a number of times this is what makes it different this time. Well youre abso
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