TRTWORLD — Across The Balkans
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[00:00:16] Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Pakistan signed defense pact pledging a
[00:00:19] joint response to attack any member. Turkish president recheb
[00:00:23] type Erdogan says the alliance targets no
[00:00:26] country. United States, Iran and
[00:00:30] appeared to be edging closer to an interim agreement that could
[00:00:34] reopen the straight of
[00:00:44] right wing abelardoya has been sworn in
[00:00:48] as the country's new president amit
[00:00:50] protests. In Thailand, at least five
[00:00:54] people have been killed and more than 30 injured after teenager
[00:00:58] open fire a secondary school.
[00:01:11] of Turkey, Saudi Arabia
[00:01:15] of and Pakistan have signed what leaders are describing as a landmark
[00:01:19] defense
[00:01:20] of agreement during a trilateral summit in Mecca. The deal commits
[00:01:24] the three countries to closer military cooperation and includes a
[00:01:28] collective defense clause under which attack on one would be
[00:01:32] considered
[00:01:41] arrived in Jidda on Friday, expectations were high that the
[00:01:45] trilateral summit with Saudi Cram Prince Muhammad bin Salman
[00:01:48] and Pakistani prime minister Shahbas Sharif would deliver
[00:01:52] major breakthrough. Those
[00:01:55] of expectations
[00:01:56] of were quickly met. The three leaders signed what they called.
[00:02:00] Mecca joint defense
[00:02:01] of agreement, a landmark pact aimed at deepening military
[00:02:04] cooperation and strengthening collective security between their
[00:02:08] de countries. The agreement is built on the three countries
[00:02:12] longstanding historical ties, Islamic solidarity and
[00:02:16] shared strategic interests. Its most significant
[00:02:20] provision is a collective defense commitment, stating that an armed
[00:02:23] attack against any
[00:02:24] of one
[00:02:25] of the three nations will be regarded as an attack against them
[00:02:28] all. It also... pledges to deepen defense cooperation across all
[00:02:32] sectors while strengthening collective deterrance with leaders
[00:02:36] saying the partnership is aimed at promoting regional peace,
[00:02:39] stability and security. the summit
[00:02:42] of comes as all three countries seek to expand strategic cooperation
[00:02:46] emit growing regional uncertainty. Turkey has been
[00:02:50] actively involved in diplomatic efforts over Gaza, while
[00:02:53] Pakistan has played a
[00:02:55] of role in mediation between the US and Iran in recent
[00:02:58] a tensions. Saudi.
[00:02:59] meanwhile continues to position itself as key
[00:03:03] regional diplomatic actor. the new trilateral framework
[00:03:07] also builds on growing defense ts between riad and
[00:03:10] of Islamabad following their strategic mutual defense agreement
[00:03:14] signed last
[00:03:15] in year. the situation is so fragile, therefore
[00:03:19] the Pakistan, Saudi Arabia
[00:03:23] a and the Turkey just came
[00:03:26] together just to keep the statico.
[00:03:30] in the region at least in my opinion and they just
[00:03:34] signed this agreement in Mecca. Mecca is the holy
[00:03:38] side in Islam and this also added
[00:03:41] have to pact based on
[00:03:44] military basis. Officials say the
[00:03:48] agreement marks a significant step in institutionalizing
[00:03:52] of security cooperation between the three regional powers with the new
[00:03:56] framework expected to pave the way
[00:03:58] of for closer military coordination.
[00:04:08] the turkish president says the agreement will contribute to the
[00:04:12] development of joint defense industry
[00:04:15] a projects as well as the fight against terrorism.
[00:04:21] of in a statement Erdogan also said the agreement reaffirms the right to self-defense as defined in article 51
[00:04:23] of the UN charter.
[00:04:25] it is not directed against any country and is open to the
[00:04:28] participation of all brotherly nations seeking to promote
[00:04:32] peace, prosperity and stability in our region, turkey will
[00:04:35] of resolutely maintain its
[00:04:37] of principal stance on resolving conflicts and crisis through dialogue and
[00:04:41] diplomacy based on respect for international
[00:04:44] law.
[00:04:54] that given the timing in particular, this is very significant, there
[00:04:57] is the assessment that perhaps the... be
[00:05:00] of escalation in this region, and this
[00:05:03] is why number one, all size feel the need to take immediate
[00:05:06] steps
[00:05:07] to try to contain the situation, and secondly,
[00:05:11] given the situation. particularly with Iran, Saudi
[00:05:14] Arabia of course has this threat perception where it feels that it
[00:05:18] has to have strong deterrents in place. now obviously the three sides
[00:05:22] have been careful to point out that this is not against any particular
[00:05:26] country and all friendly countries are welcome to join this
[00:05:30] mechanism, but behind the scenes we know the concerns that are there
[00:05:34] in Saudi Arabia with visavy Iran as well as its proxies,
[00:05:38] particularly the fact that it has been attacked from Yemen and
[00:05:42] from Iraq, so it is significant. Turkey has been talking about
[00:05:46] Israel playing the role as a regional destabilizer, so
[00:05:50] from Turkish perspective again, there is the importance of creating
[00:05:54] greater deterrents, and then of course there's a talk about
[00:05:58] the need to have new security architecture in the middle east, because
[00:06:02] especially after the US Israeli attacks on Iran and
[00:06:06] the attacks by Iran on GCC countries, there was
[00:06:10] this view that perhaps the... US has not been able
[00:06:14] to offer security guarantees as was expected by
[00:06:17] countries like Qatar and Saudi Arabia, so I think what they're really trying to
[00:06:21] do is they're trying to diversify their options and they're trying
[00:06:25] not to place all their eggs in the same
[00:06:43] that this is defensive agreement rather than new military block, but
[00:06:47] even so how will it be viewed by regional powers like of course
[00:06:51] Iran, Israel and the United
[00:06:53] States? It's a great question when you look
[00:06:57] at what's happened, it is a historic moment,
[00:07:01] Muslim commentators, press are already talking
[00:07:05] about a possible emergence of a Muslim
[00:07:08] NATO, so this this agreement has
[00:07:12] tremendous potential, they've got span, that
[00:07:15] means from Turkey to Pakistan, you see huge chunk
[00:07:19] of Europe and Asia now being covered, you got
[00:07:22] population, now they can claim to be nuclear,
[00:07:26] the only second nuclear power in that region apart from Israel,
[00:07:30] so very significant, at the same time there are serious
[00:07:33] problems around and within these nations, there's the
[00:07:37] problem of inequality of development of education,
[00:07:41] but this gives an impis and new lease of life
[00:07:45] to all three countries, and all three countries are one characteristic which I
[00:07:49] want to point out, all three have good, favorable
[00:07:52] relations, a good report with the president the United States, which always
[00:07:56] matters in international politics. Well,
[00:08:00] Pakistan though, has recently, as you know, positioned itself as
[00:08:03] mediator between Iran and the United States and
[00:08:07] Saudi Arabia has also pursued
[00:08:11] dialogue with Tehran, so can these countries realistically
[00:08:14] balance diplomacy with Iran while also entering
[00:08:18] a collective defense agreement,
[00:08:22] diplomacy is the art of balancing the improbable,
[00:08:26] at the same time Pakistan is a rather unique position because it has
[00:08:30] good relations with China, a super power hedgemon in the world
[00:08:34] today with America, another HJwon, maybe the
[00:08:38] supreme hedwan and with Russia and then with Iran
[00:08:41] and with the... arab world, so it's in a an extraordinary position to
[00:08:45] be able to play the role of mediator, so far over the
[00:08:49] last couple of decades it hasn't been very active in this
[00:08:53] field, but recently you see a great deal of confidence, I think it
[00:08:56] was the war with India last year where Pakistan emerged
[00:09:00] not only victorious but having knocked out many
[00:09:04] planes the Indian air force, it gave Pakistan a great deal of
[00:09:07] confidence, a great deal of sense of that we can
[00:09:11] now, as it were... above our wit, which is what Pakistan is doing
[00:09:15] now, and I say quite successfully, and how do you see the optics of
[00:09:18] this deal a time uh, when there's a great deal of
[00:09:22] stability in the region, number of
[00:09:26] conflicts ongoing, is this also kind
[00:09:29] of uh message sending uh
[00:09:33] agreement sort of telling telling the region, it's it's a
[00:09:37] chaotic time right now and and we are we are just showing up
[00:09:41] our defenses. Exactly, good question, because if
[00:09:45] you go back to Professor Mima, one the leading,
[00:09:48] probably the leading political scientist of America, he talks in terms
[00:09:52] of great power rivalry, he talks in terms of
[00:09:56] four hegemons, the United States, Russia and China
[00:10:00] and India, possibly emerging hedgebond who dominate the
[00:10:04] world politics, and in
[00:10:06] that context you see what is happening in the state of hormos over the last few
[00:10:10] months, there was chaos, there was confusion, there was a lack of
[00:10:13] leadership and no one seemed to know what was happening and how to
[00:10:17] resolve the problem. that's why you need
[00:10:21] some international organization which with at
[00:10:25] tract both parties in in conflict and try to resolve issues
[00:10:28] and that is why possibly i'm just conjecturing
[00:10:32] this particular move may develop into a group because already you
[00:10:36] have Egypt wanting to join, you have Malaysia very keen to join,
[00:10:40] so these countries do join up and you have half billion
[00:10:43] people, overnight the Muslim world has
[00:10:46] hugemon, and if there is a hidgemon in the Muslim world, you suddenly
[00:10:50] have a force that could act as a counterbalance to the other.
[00:10:55] existing edgemons,
[00:11:08] president says his country is prepared to seek dialogue for the sake of
[00:11:12] national interests, but won't accept demands that undermine its
[00:11:15] sovereignty or defensive capabilities. He was speaking to state media and
[00:11:19] also said Tehran has managed to defeat its opponents
[00:11:23] efforts to destabilize.
[00:11:55] able to hold on until now, and now we will
[00:11:58] remain stronger and more powerful by the grace of
[00:12:02] God. while the US has insisted
[00:12:06] negotiations are happening with Iran, Tehran has denied any
[00:12:09] talks are taking place. Instead, the focus has been a
[00:12:13] deal between the Iranians and Armanis on transit in the
[00:12:17] state straight of Homus, which is now in its final
[00:12:20] stages.
[00:12:21] a US official has told the media that once the agreement is announced...
[00:12:25] Washington will lift the blocade off of
[00:12:34] about it all week that there's a deal that is imminent, there's a deal that is
[00:12:37] closed, could be today, could be tomorrow. Donald Trump on Tuesday said within
[00:12:41] 48 hours, so yes, it's been teased, it's been promised, and yes
[00:12:45] we have been here before, but this does feel a little bit different, does
[00:12:49] feel like they're moving towards something, we'll have to see, and then of
[00:12:53] course you said uh, in your... intro correctly, that once is deal is
[00:12:57] announced that the US will says it will lift its blockade
[00:13:01] of Iranian ports. now that is the us economic
[00:13:04] leverage uh, just as Iran has found
[00:13:08] that the straight off from moves
[00:13:09] is its economic leverage, the US has found this blockade
[00:13:12] is its economic leverage. will it release that? that remains to be
[00:13:16] seen, which leads to this. this is a quote from the US officials saying
[00:13:20] Iran's actions continue to be performance-based and
[00:13:23] tied to Iran's implement. representations of its commitments, that has
[00:13:27] been the flash point in the past, we saw this with that memorandum of understanding, we've seen
[00:13:31] it in the interpretation of language, we've seen it in cultural
[00:13:35] differences and how the Trump administration has completely misunderstood the
[00:13:39] cultural differences, at least appearance on the surface of that, so that
[00:13:43] could be again the flash point, and we have now this deal that seems
[00:13:46] to be closed, but there's still kind of difference of opinion, Iran says it's not going
[00:13:50] to go back to pre-war how how the trade of Hermus was
[00:13:54] pre-ward. "the US position is Iran will not be able to
[00:13:57] cement its uh uh control over the straight of
[00:14:01] homose, those two things are still at odds, we'll have to see how that works out,
[00:14:05] perhaps, and we've talked about this too, perhaps Donald Trump has few
[00:14:08] alternatives, maybe he walks away, maybe he steps away from this and lets the
[00:14:12] Europeans worry about it and say the US doesn't need the straight offor moves, and
[00:14:16] we've knocked out the nuclear alternative there for uh for
[00:14:20] Iran, and maybe he claims a win, but which gets to the point right, Donald
[00:14:24] Trump needs a win. and he needs to say this is a win and he needs
[00:14:28] to be able to convince at least the Republican base that this was
[00:14:32] all worth it, that is a hard sale, which comes back to where are we in
[00:14:36] this trader for moose deal? we know through the Iran's uh
[00:14:40] through Iran and through US officials that it's close, it's
[00:14:43] imminent, but the details have yet to be released and yet
[00:14:46] to be signed off on and yet
[00:14:48] to be agreed to uh by the US side and
[00:14:51] exactly what happens if they don't like those uh
[00:14:55] agreements remains to be seen, now the UN security
[00:14:59] council has expressed concern over the ongoing escalation in Yemen
[00:15:03] and is called on parties to avoid actions that could threaten
[00:15:07] peace. On Friday, houti missile and drone attack a
[00:15:10] displacement camp in the Yemani government held city of Marib killed at
[00:15:14] least two civilians. That's according to the country's health ministry. It came
[00:15:18] a day after the hootis launched a wave of missile and drone attacks that
[00:15:22] killed at least 58 government troops. In separate attack, around
[00:15:26] 11 people were injured inside Saudi Arabia. The Hutis who control
[00:15:30] large areas of Yemen, including the capital Sanah, say the Saudis are
[00:15:34] preparing a military offensive.
[00:15:37] Iraq's prime minister Ali Zaidi has met Saudi
[00:15:41] Arabia's General Intelligence Chief to discuss coordination over
[00:15:45] regional security developments. Riyad had warned on
[00:15:48] Thursday of imminent attacks by Yemen's houthies and Iraqi
[00:15:52] militias. Zaidi says Iraq will not
[00:15:56] allow its territory to be used to launch attacks towards any
[00:16:00] other country. Last month Saudi Arabia alongside the US carried out
[00:16:03] strikes
[00:16:04] in Iraq targeting groups they said were
[00:16:07] responsible for attacks on Saudi oil
[00:16:10] facilities.
[00:16:18] A protest have taken place in Argentina's capital Buenosaires over
[00:16:22] new property bill backed by President Xavier Mille's
[00:16:25] government. The bill also initially included plans to increase
[00:16:29] limits on foreign land ownership, but
[00:16:38] thousand have gathered in downtown Buenosaires marching towards the government
[00:16:42] palace to protest against the government of Haver Miley and his reforms
[00:16:46] plan. They said that over the past three years they've been caught social
[00:16:50] plans and the benefits they need for daily needs their
[00:16:53] families. We have seen how trade unions, social movements
[00:16:57] and also particularly today farmers, they have come with
[00:17:01] trucks fools of food. They have been handing in fresh
[00:17:04] vegetables and fruits to the poor to the poor. people here
[00:17:08] and they said we're providing the food the government is not given
[00:17:12] and we are losing over the past years. we have seen today's semination
[00:17:15] remain particularly and largely
[00:17:18] peaceful unless at
[00:17:22] least the other days we have seen how some reports of
[00:17:25] clashes with the police, especially outside the congress. today the government of
[00:17:29] Javier Milet is struggling trying to balance the recovery on
[00:17:33] the the economy and the fighting against the high inflation.
[00:17:37] and the demands the people in the street who they said that
[00:17:41] they feel left behind.
[00:17:45] Abalardo la spria has been sworn in as the new president
[00:17:49] of Colombia. In his inaugural speech he reiterated his plans to defeat
[00:17:53] narco-terrorism, adding the option of dialogue is completely
[00:17:57] exhausted. He says criminals can either surrender or
[00:18:01] face the full force the state's armed forces. The right-wing lawyer won
[00:18:05] June's run-off election after pledging to... crackdown on armed
[00:18:08] groups, reduce the size of government by up to 40% and
[00:18:12] revive the country's oil and gas
[00:18:14] sector.
[00:18:19] i am sending a firm message to the colombian people, the time has come
[00:18:23] to restore order, authority and
[00:18:36] degree turn in point, particularly when you look at
[00:18:40] security policies, because for the past four years, Colombia's
[00:18:44] government has been trying to stage peace negotiations with the remaining
[00:18:47] rebel groups in the country as well as with drug gangs, and
[00:18:51] despeya has said he will end all of this, he wants to confront
[00:18:55] these groups with greater military force, he believes that strategy
[00:18:59] would put more pressure on them, however negotiation
[00:19:03] down the line would be necessary because you have more than
[00:19:06] 18, people involved in these criminal
[00:19:09] organizations, so it is a big shift when it comes to the
[00:19:13] economy as well, he wants a small to downsize
[00:19:16] government, and his opponents are worried that he will cut back on social
[00:19:20] services as he tries to do that, and how will relations between
[00:19:24] Columbia and the United States uh be
[00:19:27] effective? uh, well, this will be very
[00:19:31] different relation, under president Gustavo Petro, he has
[00:19:35] been critical the United States in their... as for example like
[00:19:38] enter nicodx policies or issues like the war
[00:19:42] in Gaza. Delespria is
[00:19:46] aligning Colombia with US foreign
[00:19:49] policy. He said he will cut diplomatic relations with
[00:19:52] Cuba. He will reestablish diplomatic tights with Israel that
[00:19:56] were cut under the previous government because the genocide in
[00:20:00] Gaza. So
[00:20:02] and he he said he will open Colombia's embassy in
[00:20:05] Israel in Jerusalem
[00:20:07] so his really aligning himself with the Trump
[00:20:09] administration and also on the narcotics
[00:20:13] side, promising he will bring back
[00:20:16] eradication flights with that spray the illegal coca
[00:20:20] crops in Colombia. United States officials have been asking
[00:20:24] that for that for many years, but Columbia actually canceled those types
[00:20:28] of eradication flights about decade ago because of
[00:20:32] environmental issues, so what you see now is basically
[00:20:36] a government that shares lot the same views that the Trump
[00:20:39] administration has when it comes to crime, he's also
[00:20:43] a supporter of
[00:20:46] tackling the boats that that carry drugs. across the
[00:20:50] Caribbean, this controversial campaign led by the Trump administration to blow up
[00:20:54] boats in the sea, so yeah, much more closer line with the
[00:20:57] United States, not just on security, but on diplomatic
[00:21:01] issues as well, for example the relations with
[00:21:20] change regarding policy, not only in terms of
[00:21:23] security, but also economically, one must recognize
[00:21:27] that it was very polarized election, one in
[00:21:30] which two extremes the political spectrum arrived at
[00:21:34] the final round, and in which the difference was less
[00:21:38] than one%, and that demonstrated also
[00:21:41] a thirst for change regarding not
[00:21:45] only the security policy, but especially regarding the
[00:21:49] failures. the peace process or attempted total peace process
[00:21:53] in colombia that was led by
[00:21:56] the administration and also the third colombia
[00:22:00] had for an outsider the political system to arrive to the
[00:22:04] presidency again the result was decided by less than
[00:22:07] one%, it was very very close
[00:22:11] and this demonstrates that the opposition is already
[00:22:15] in force for its campaign only for during the next four years for the presidency in
[00:22:19] 20. but also the fact that next year there will be local
[00:22:23] elections, so political parties are already trying to test out
[00:22:27] what could their messages be, and in that trying to animate their
[00:22:30] basis, which is demonstrated by not only this
[00:22:34] discourse and this protests that are going today
[00:22:38] in those transition power, but it's what gets to come not
[00:22:42] only in terms of political holding this government accountable, but
[00:22:46] also in trying to construct that narrative that will allow them to...
[00:22:50] contest the regional elections, which will happen in October of next
[00:22:53] year. Spain's government says it will
[00:22:57] establish border controls for flights and ships from Italy an
[00:23:00] escalating dispute over irregular migration. The dispute comes
[00:23:04] a week after Italy introduced similar measures following a mass
[00:23:08] influx of tens of thousands of migrants from
[00:23:11] Morocco into the Spanish territory of Seuta.
[00:23:15] Madrid earlier demanded that Rome lift its border controls imposed on
[00:23:19] Spanish travelers. the measure is
[00:23:21] unjust.
[00:23:35] the Ukrainian President Voladimir Zelenski is in Serbia for his
[00:23:39] top-level talks, his first visit there since the Russian attack
[00:23:43] on his country, more than four years ago. Zelenski is
[00:23:46] set to have talks with his Serbian counter. Alexander
[00:23:50] Vutic and Prime Minister Duro Makut. He says he
[00:23:54] will discuss expanding economic ties and security issues.
[00:23:58] Both nations are bidding to become members the European Union, but
[00:24:02] Serbia is also a long-time ally of
[00:24:05] Russia. Russian strikes on the Ukrainian
[00:24:09] capital, Kiev and the surrounding region have killed at least three
[00:24:12] people in overnight attacks. Authorities are also reporting fires
[00:24:16] in several locations across the capital. Moscow has stepped up its
[00:24:20] attacks on Kiev in recent months, using ballistic
[00:24:24] missiles which Ukraine's air defenses have not been able to
[00:24:27] intercept. The US senate has
[00:24:31] passed the sweeping Russian sanctions package. The measure
[00:24:35] targets Russia's energy revenues and would penalize
[00:24:38] countries that continue to buy Russian oil and gas. The
[00:24:42] bill is named after late Senator Lindsay Graham who
[00:24:46] died suddenly last month after spending more than year. building
[00:24:50] support for it. package now moves to the house of representatives where a
[00:24:54] vote is set to take place after the summer
[00:24:57] recess. give us the tool about changing
[00:25:00] Vladimir Putin's calculus: every barrel of
[00:25:04] oil that goes unsold, every dollar denied the
[00:25:08] Kremlin makes it harder for Russia to finance
[00:25:11] its reign of terror, which every night
[00:25:15] Ukrainians endure, killing
[00:25:18] civilians. A
[00:25:22] US federal appeals court has ruled that President Trump must stop the
[00:25:26] construction the 400 million dollar white house ballroom.
[00:25:30] The court says that Trump must first seek congressional approval
[00:25:34] approval. The US president has called the ruling unlawful and
[00:25:37] politically motivated and says he will appeal to the Supreme
[00:25:41] Court. Trump reiterated the project is matter of national
[00:25:45] security because of various security features he wants to add
[00:25:48] to the new the white
[00:25:50] house, at least five teachers have been killed
[00:25:54] in a school shooting on the outskirts of thailand's capital
[00:25:58] Bangkok. Police say the gunman was a student who shot his.
[00:26:02] grandparents before the attack and later turned the gun on
[00:26:05] himself. The incident has renewed pressure on the government
[00:26:09] for tighter gun
[00:26:17] cover at the school in Thailand's Nantaburi province as
[00:26:20] gunfire rings out. Police says a 14
[00:26:24] year old fired thousands of rounds at teachers and
[00:26:28] students with a handgun taking from family member. He
[00:26:32] had also. also killed his grandparents at home earlier on Friday
[00:26:35] morning. I saw students who had been shot,
[00:26:39] some in the arm, some in the back, some in the chest. We rushed to get them to
[00:26:43] hospital. Thailand has one the highest rates of
[00:26:47] civilian gun ownership in Southeast Asia. Several
[00:26:51] high-profile shootings in recent years have prompted renewed
[00:26:55] debate over gone access and public
[00:26:57] safety. I have sent relevant
[00:27:01] officials to the area. "this is horrible, it shouldn't have happened. this is the
[00:27:05] reason why the government does not permit the extension of firearms possession.
[00:27:08] this is exactly why. the suspect who shot himself during the
[00:27:12] incident has been identified as a student at the same
[00:27:16] school. we rushed up and found that
[00:27:20] the perpetrator had shot himself in the right side the head and
[00:27:23] collapsed. when we got up there we checked his pulse, he still had
[00:27:27] one, so we started CPR. as soon as we saw signs during
[00:27:31] CPR, we had..." team bring a board up to carry him to the
[00:27:34] hospital.
[00:27:36] that rescue worker says his own daughter attends the school and he
[00:27:40] raised there after hearing reports of gunfire. for many
[00:27:44] families, hours of waiting ended with the worst
[00:27:47] possible news. it is the second shooting a time
[00:27:51] school this year. in february teacher was killed and a
[00:27:55] student injured in attack in the south. as
[00:27:58] investigators search for motive, the attack is again ra
[00:28:02] questions over firearm access and whether more can be
[00:28:06] done to prevent young people from carrying out deadly
[00:30:18] reminder of our main headlines: Turkey, Saudi Arabia
[00:30:22] and Pakistan have signed what leaders are describing as a landmark
[00:30:25] defense agreement during a trilateral summit in
[00:30:28] Mecca. The deal commits the three countries to closer.
[00:30:32] cooperation and includes a collective defense clause under which
[00:30:36] attack on one would be considered attack on
[00:30:40] all. Iran's president says his country is prepared to seek
[00:30:44] dialogue for the sake of national interest but won't accept demands that
[00:30:48] undermine its sovereignty or defensive abilities. He has also said
[00:30:52] Tehran has managed to defeat its opponents efforts to
[00:30:55] destabilize the nation. We did
[00:30:59] not.