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00:00And I just want to ask you, I know that you travel to Syria and, of course, you know the country well.
00:07What kind of state is Syria in right now?
00:10It's going through a massive transition. A lot needs to change at the moment.
00:16Where does the Syrian people and the world of Syria, the country, where is that right now in this transition period?
00:25The challenges are immense. I've witnessed that myself.
00:31There's so much that needs to be done to pick the country up from 10, 14 years, rather, of conflict and destruction and demographic movements and all the rest of it.
00:45So, yes, there is much to be done, but there's also a spirit of hope, a spirit of trying to achieve what is possible.
00:57And really, I felt that spirit myself.
01:00I feel there is a confidence and an optimism that is spreading through the country, despite some apprehension that has to be said, because still the future is not absolutely clear.
01:11But what is clear is the need and the drive that I noticed among the population.