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00:00Why isn't Ukraine directly involved?
00:02Well, I'm not sure. I think this was what the Russians certainly wanted and it's
00:07what the American administration have agreed to. The Russians are always more
00:12comfortable in just direct bilateral talks between themselves and the
00:17Americans because it gives them some sort of special status, makes them feel
00:22like a superpower. So I think it's probably a tactical mistake by the
00:26Americans to have started the negotiations in this way. But we are
00:32being assured by the Americans that the Ukrainians will be involved at a more
00:38sort of developed stage of the negotiations and of course the
00:41Europeans will be insisting that that is absolutely necessary.