00:00Thank you, Tammy. Two questions, one on your end. Have you received any signals or messages from Iran that they are willing to come back to the table, this first? And secondly, are you still sticking with the proposal that you sent to Iran, or you are open to discuss more broadly?
00:15Well, again, as we know, many, many things have changed in just the last few days. And so I won't speak to what messages may have been sent to Iran, which would have been, of course, to the White House and to – if Secretary Rubio as the national security advisor. So I would ask you to check with the White House for that.
00:34On Syria – yeah. On your opening remarks, you said that the United States is ready to help the Syrian government to fight against forces seeking to create instability. Would you elaborate that? What kind of support are you willing to offer to the Syrian interim government? Are you willing to help them or provide them military support?
00:55Well, I think already we know, of course, of the assignment as a special envoy of Ambassador Tom Barrack has been a very clear indicator of our commitment to helping Syria be able to be a functional and steady and stable government. He, of course, is the ambassador to Turkey. And our commitment through his work is about getting the structure, the stability of the government as functional.
01:22We also, of course, as you know, have lifted many of the sanctions to make it possible for other nations in that region to assist the new government also in becoming stronger and able to, in that region especially, deal with terrorist groups, especially deal with ISIS. And that is our commitment.
01:41So it is, I think, manifesting now very clearly. And Ambassador Barrack is there as our envoy in that regard. And it's a very exciting time with a lot of potential. Yes, sir.
01:52Yes, sir. In the gray suit there. Yes, sir.
01:56Thank you, Tammy. You've been in the negotiations process with Iranians for almost the last two months at the State Department.
02:04And the Iranian foreign minister just last Friday, he said that they suspect that the negotiations with the U.S.
02:14used as a cover for the Israeli attack. And a day after that came the U.S.
02:20raid on Iranian nuclear establishment there and the buildings.
02:25Are you able to build, restore the trust between you and Iran? And how do you see these claims from the Iranian side?
02:36Well, that's certainly a question that I can't answer. But we've got the best people in the world who are doing this for a living, who have committed their lives to making a difference here in the world.
02:47The President has not indicated that – as a matter of fact, he really opened his presidency with a willingness to talk with everyone.
02:55And as a peacemaker, that is what he's done. And I would suspect that that approach will continue.
03:01All right? Yes, sir. Go ahead.
03:04Thank you, Tammy. Do you think that there is any lesson for North Korea to learn from the U.S. strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities,
03:12given that North Korea has been doubling down on its nuclear program, despite the Trump administration's commitment to the complete denuclearization of North Korea?
03:23Well, again, the nature of the choices that are made, I won't speculate about what other countries should think or do.
03:31At the same time, President Trump, in his first term, made a significant outreach to North Korea.
03:38And what I can say, of course, and they've got their own nuclear program at North Korea,
03:43that we remain committed to the complete denuclearization of North Korea.
03:48That remains a commitment.
03:50If the North Korean nuclear issue can't be resolved through dialogue,
03:54I'm not going to speculate on hypotheticals at this point.
