Please grab a seat. Were going to start. Good morning, and welcome to the German Marshal Fund of the United States. Im jonathan katz, a senior fellow here at gmf. I want to welcome our guest, dmytro kuleba. Ukraines deputy Prime Minister for european and euroatlantic integration. Its great to have you here. I know youve had an incredibly busy schedule in the last couple of days with meetings, very successful meetings both on capitol hill but also with the Trump Administration. Ate busy time for you. Of course, right now its fairly busy in washington, all the way across town with Certain Committee hearings taking place. I want to welcome you here. Needless to say this is an incredibly important time for you to be here in washington. In some sense the zelensky government, president zelensky who all of you know took office last spring, has been in office now for six months. Its been an incredibly busy time. New laws passed. A focus on anticorruption. Then also just this week, hard to beli
I came an interesting time but im absolutely confident that we have to talk, with advance together because whatever happens, the essential nature of our relationship with the United States is strategic. In mid august i received a message on whatsapp from now Prime Minister asking if im willing to meet with him for breakfast. We met and he offered me the job, and i asked him only one question i said, do you want me to integrate ukrainian the u. N. And nato you want me to integrate . He said integrate. I said fine, accepted. That was a very short conversation. Ever since i joined the government on the 29th of august, if im not mistaken, i have not heard our observed or sensed any hint that we are imitating. I see colleagues in the government. I see all its and the parliament, i see colleagues in the president ial office. We are moving country west to full membership in the eu and nato. We do it in the discouraging and private because neither eu is not even giving us a promise of european
Communities and recognizing the Important Role that our immigrants and communities of color play in contributing to the success and vibrant see of this city and nation. So were celebrating a city, country and world, for all the people. Not just some. Now id like to acknowledge members of the councilor course. Present tonight are columbian andre garafo and ms. Luna gafaro. And from guatemala, sylvia may and Irish Council general robert odrisco, from japan, too and general kamono and the Mexican Council general, ms. Arnault and wilma gondoy and julio huerta and im sorry if im butchering your names. From the philippines we have jedd martin leona and from singapore daryl lau. Everyone is important. We have a lot of people so im going to read the names really fast. If i have not read your name, come see my staff at the front and give them your card and well be glad to call your name out. From taiwan, alex lee and jesse chin of the taipei economic and culture office. District judge, the wond
Spanish as a native language. So this is an amazing chance for us to feel honored and we appreciate very much the work that everyone here does. Thank you very much to the commissioners for this award and also for the work you do on behalf of immigrants. [applause] honorees. When you come on the stage after you speak, you will receive your award and certificate from our wonderful commissioners and then you can exit stage right. Is that right . Stage right. Ok. Next award is our Industry Leader and this is going to leo sosa. He is an immigrant from guantanamo and he launched throw Youth Technology programs before starting his own nonprofit dove mission, which aims to train young adults age 1624 for careers in tech. He has also worked in many neighborhoods throughout the city helping to connect low income families to broadband, distributing computers and building computer labs in Affordable Housing communities. Please welcome leo sosa. Hello. I like the sound of that. Now were ready. I wo
Its Commission Recognizes natural gas and atomic power as sustainable resources. Despite objections from environmentalists with, well, its good to have you with us. You have arrived to bang on time for this hour news cost. Ive re sushi i live on ot you international from moscow. We do start this out with some breaking news for you. Our system channel r t t e is going to court to challenge the decision of the german media regulator to ban it from satellite broadcast and taking down its online platforms. A short time ago. In the studio, i spoke with ortiz, Deputy Editor in chief ana belkin, a. She gave us the latest update on the breakdown of this dispute. They are saying that our Tv Productions, which is an entirely independent Production Company, is actually the tv channel of that broadcast from germany. And theres generally absolutely no broadcasting happening from berlin at all. Or to d. E. The tv channel is oh broadcasting right here for moscow. In, in fact, there studios are essent