00:28I'm very happy to see you.
00:30Your Excellencies, Mr. Witkoff, Mr. Kuzner, we are delighted to see you again.
00:35I think our meetings in the United Arab Emirates were very positive.
00:41Both parties were engaged.
00:44The Russian emissaries were meeting with the Ukrainian emissaries.
00:51It was clear that it was purposeful, that people were trying to find solutions to this.
00:57Some of the things we've discussed that you just mentioned, for instance, this prisoner swap between the two countries, which
01:08will be the largest one ever done, that I think underscores the progress that we've been making.
01:15The Europeans were physically in the United Arab Emirates, even though they were not at the table directly with us.
01:21We consulted with them.
01:24We were speaking with them.
01:25We gave them a download on everything that we were discussing.
01:29I think in general, there was very, very good rapport between us.
01:33We'll be traveling directly from here after this meeting to Ireland, where we will meet President Zelensky before he returns
01:42home.
01:43And we'll have important meetings with him where we'll confer and take him through everything that's going on.
01:48And we are hopeful that we can announce shortly, hopefully maybe even at the end of this meeting, the next
01:56trilateral meeting, that will include the Europeans, hopefully.
02:00We've seen a big change with the Europeans, and we think there's a very strong momentum and desire to engage
02:06together.
02:07And we're very confident that if we move to a multilateral format, that will continue to make progress to resolve
02:14the issues, and we believe that will help us end the war.
02:16The Europeans have a desire for this war to really be the end and for there to be a long
02:24peace after.
02:25And understanding the long-term security between Russia, Ukraine, and Europe is a conversation that we started having with them,
02:35and I think we'll be able to make a lot of progress on that together to end this war, but
02:40also make sure that we avoid future wars as well.
