weapon. we don't either. we have a range of strong disagreements with them, we can't speak for their intentions here. we certainly believe it's in both interests for this to move forward. >> does the president believe it's important for president zelensky to be at the nato summit next week as long as it's safe for him to do so? >> i have not discussed that with the president. the president is going there to meet with nato partners and allies. president zelensky is -- his country is in the middle of a war. so i have not talked to him about that specifically. >> i wanted to ask you about jake sullivan working with his russian counterpart. the russian read-outs that happened at the u.s. initiative and the nfc's read out so if russia is serious about diplomacy, moscow should stop