During a press briefing on Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce was asked about the status of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.
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00:00All right. Yes, sir. So going back on to Ukraine, you said you were waiting for concrete proposals. And so are there any new proposals? And, you know, what was the status?
00:15Well, if there were new proposals, I wouldn't stand here and say we were waiting for new proposals. And that at the same time, there is it is a word I used a lot in the beginning of my briefings, but it's true here. It's fluid. Right. So it doesn't happen only at certain times of the day or when I'm briefing. These are efforts and conversations that I have to say are really 24 seven. Right. There's action in each part of the world in making a difference here and finding a common ground.
00:45The secretary Rubio has noted on a few occasions that, you know, in some ways, getting them to the table was the easy part. And then you have to discuss or you want the ceasefire. You want you want this slaughter to stop. Then it comes down to how do you get two parties like this to agree to stop, you know, in a durable way in a long term way. That's the difficult part. We have not even got to get to that ceasefire part. But the conversations, that's why there's been this dynamic.
01:15of we've got to see progress in order for us to understand the process and whether how our process and how our posture in that will continue. And that becomes the question.
01:26So let me ask you a more broad question. Ask me in a different way. No, no, no. All right. Give it a shot.
01:32With regards to the negotiation, but also, brother, do you still support the principle of territorial integrity and not changing borders by force?
01:43That's a much easier, much different question. Obviously, I'm not. Now, if we were at a seminar somewhere, my alma mater at USC, I would love to have that conversation with you, but I won't hear today.
01:52I won't hear today. Matt, it's a.