choose who we want to deal with. we must sit at the table and negotiate and have dialogue with those that are our counter part. as far as the sanctioning system specifically is concerned, i m well aware that the system stemming from the minsk agreement and at the outcome so it s clear that it s unthinkable today to lift overnight those sanctions. however, exactly because we re open to dialogue with russia, the position of my government has been stated straightaway is to make sure that the system of sanctions doesn t affect the civic society, doesn t affect the economy of the small and medium size enterprises in russia. italy from this point of view has a tradition of intense economic relations with russia
north korea. north korea topped their list. of concerns they were dealing with. so look at the language and the ef evolution of the language. from rocket man on a suicide mission to a partner the table. a president used very pungent language to describe this counter part. who he is now sat next to and spent time with. and going to be inviting to washington. the north korea process is one that has occupied the white house imagination from the very start. because of the urgency. of what it would mean. to have this adversary able to reach the united states. and how do you deal with the that. you see today the evolution from rocket man to trusted partner. reach a moment. that i don t think any of us expected to see. are you concerned about the g
talked with his south korean counter-part on the same day president trump pulled out of a planned meet twg the north korean leader kim jong-un. the state department says they reaffirmed their commitment to the denuclearization of the korean peninsula and the alliance between the u.s. and south korea. the president s decision sent shock waves around the world but it appears he may be having a change of heart. let s take a listen. is the summit still off? we are going to see what happens. we are talking to them now. it was a very nice statement they put out. we will see what happens. we are going to be prepared if the meeting take place on june 12th as the president indicate it it still could this morning. we will be ready one way or the other. the president there was referring to a statement by north korea s vice foreign minister that his country is quote willing to sit down any time and in any way to solve the problem. president trump cancelled the summit yesterday because of w
that, quote, everybody plays games. with me now the deputy director general of the international institute for strategic studies. also with me the former director for korea, japan, and oceanic affairs at the national security council. currently the committee chair at the center for strategic and international studies. all of us suffering from whiplash here. corey, what has transpired over the last 36 hours, the letter, the way in to a which it was written, the comments we got today from president trump to those comments we read just a minute ago from north korea s vice foreign minister. i m glad that secretary pompeo has been reaching out to his south korean counter-part. i hope we are reaching out to other american allies in the region, too. base president trump s cancelling this summit without any consultation with our allies is going to make the people most at risk from north korea s
a statement from congressman adam schiff, the ranking member, the counter part to chairman devin nunes. she says, quote, the information concerning overture to trump campaign foreign policy adviser george papadopoulos which resulted in the initiation of the investigation has proven to be well-founded. as mr. papadopoulos plea makes clear, the majority seems to believe if they can discredit the investigation by attacking the fbi, justice department and state department, it can get the public to ignore the growing body of evidence of illicit contacts between the trump campaign and the russians. this approach is as disingenuous as it is destructive to your understand teution. institution. that is coming from congressman schiff. something we ve seen a lot when it comes to the russia investigation, disagreement from