right honourable gentleman, first of all that it is important that we have a system of surveillance, especially around variants across the world. there are different ways to do that. we have chosen a particular path at the moment but it is important to have that surveillance, i hope he agrees. and as i alluded to earlier in my statement, we are planning to make some changes around the travel regime and my right honourable friend the transport secretary will come to the house as soon as he is ready. come to the house as soon as he is read . ., ., ., ., ready. time and time again i am heaļ¬na ready. time and time again i am hearing from ready. time and time again i am hearing from constituents - ready. time and time again i am hearing from constituents of- ready. time and time again i am i hearing from constituents of mind that they can t get face to face appointments with gps, and i know they are under immense pressure. further to the answer my right honourable friend gave to my frie
from berlin, amy kellogg is there. i can t believe it s been 30 years, i guess i m revealing my age. man, oh, man, it seems like yesterday. i know, neil and actually the berlin wall has now been down longer than it was ever up. if you can believe that. the 30 years is a special anniversary. and chancellor angela merkel and president bush pointed out that democracy cannot sit on their laurels. there s plenty of dictatorships and repression around the world that need to be stood up to. the fall of the berlin wall was a joyous occasion. it was spontaneous by an east german official on a new travel regime that would eventually allow easterners to go over, and they flocked to the wall and in a couple of days it was over. it s been a trying experience.
the refugee problem. but the critical thing for americans to understand is assad is not going anywhere. he either needs to be taken out, and that means his travel regime has to be taken up with him, or we are going to have a protracted problem in syria for decades. eboni: anthony, you brought up history. on that note, mikhail gorbachev, the former union of this soviet union is calling president trump and vladimir putin to restore the trust between u.s. and russia. they want to create a constructive, joint agenda. president trump s meeting with putin is drawing historical comparisons to past presidents, appointed by lager lower ingram earlier today. when i was watching it yesterday, it took me back. he s not reagan. nobody is reagan. i m not trying to say he is reagan. but the moment where he said, does the west have the welter survive, do we have the will to confront the challenges before us? i say we do. it was very optimistic. eboni: okay, kat, we know
but the majority of the fury that is being felt by many russians but particularly vladimir putin is being directed at turkey. the russian foreign minister lavrov has said the travel regime between turkey and russia will now be canceled. so this is quite a big announcement that from now on turkish citizens will need a visa to travel to russia. previously they didn t. if that is reciprocated it could have a big impact on turkish tourism because there were 3.2 million russian tourists going on holiday there last year. if they knees vineed visas from is going to make an impact. also that meeting you mentioned between erdogan in turkey and putin in paris at the summit