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00:00to establish those lines of communication.
00:02The work remains.
00:04Today is the first step of a long and difficult journey,
00:06but an important one.
00:08And President Trump is committed to bringing
00:09an end to this conflict, as he said
00:11when he campaigned for president.
00:13And he wants it to end in a way that's fair.
00:15He wants it to end in a way that's
00:16sustainable and enduring, not that leads to another conflict
00:19in two to three years.
00:21That's not going to be easy to achieve,
00:22but he's the only one in the world
00:24that can begin that process.
00:25Donald Trump is the only leader in the world that
00:27could initiate that process.
00:29And today was the first step in that process.
00:33I came away today convinced that they
00:35are willing to begin to engage in a serious process
00:38to determine how and how quickly and through what mechanism
00:43can an end be brought to this war.
00:45Whether we can ultimately reach that outcome
00:47will obviously depend on every side
00:49in this conflict's willingness to agree to certain things.
00:52So I think it's important to have this meeting,
00:55because we haven't really had much engagement
00:57with the Russians for almost three years.
00:59And so I would say to you that in order
01:02to bring an end to any conflict, there
01:04has to be concessions made by all sides.
01:06We're not going to predetermine what those are.
01:08We're certainly not going to negotiate this today
01:11or in a press conference for that matter.
01:13And there are other parties that have sanctions.
01:15The European Union is going to have
01:17to be at the table at some point,
01:18because they have sanctions as well that have been imposed.
01:22But I guess the point here is the goal is,
01:25and we agreed on what the goal is,
01:27the goal is to bring an end to this conflict
01:28in a way that's fair, enduring, sustainable, and acceptable
01:32to all parties involved.
01:34What that looks like, well, that's
01:35what the ongoing engagement is going to be all about.