Placeholder Image

字幕表 動画を再生する

  • MS NAUERT: Hi, everybody.

  • How are you today?

  • And why are so many of you showing up on an August afternoon?

  • You're supposed to all be on vacation or something, but I notice a few empty seats.

  • But Gardiner's back from vacation.

  • Gardiner, welcome.

  • QUESTION: Thank you.

  • MS NAUERT: How've you been?

  • QUESTION: I've been good.

  • MS NAUERT: Good.

  • A couple announcements to start before we get started with your questions today.

  • First, I would like to express our condolences to the victims of the recent earthquakes and

  • also the aftershocks in Indonesia.

  • The United States has experts and partner organizations on the ground.

  • We're consulting with the Government of Indonesia at this time.

  • We're closely monitoring the situation, and we stand ready to provide additional aid

  • to the Government of Indonesia.

  • Our U.S. consulate personnel are assisting affected U.S. citizens.

  • At this time, we do not have any reports of U.S. citizen casualties associated with the

  • earthquakes.

  • Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Indonesian people.

  • As many of you know, we were recently on the ground in Indonesia and had some terrific

  • meetings with government officials there.

  • Next, I have some staffing news to bring you now.

  • And I'm really excited about this one, because it affects our Bureau of Public Affairs and

  • specifically the folks that you will working with.

  • Today I'd like to announce that Robert Palladino will be joining our press team as the State

  • Department's deputy spokesperson.

  • Robert is a career Foreign Service officer and I believe known well to some of you or

  • perhaps many of you.

  • Over the past year, Robert has served as director of press and acting National Security Council

  • spokesperson.

  • In that role he's helped to prepare Sarah Sanders for her briefings at the White House.

  • He was also a spokesperson to the White House press corps and worked as NSC communications

  • lead for both Asia and Europe.

  • Robert's Foreign Service career has included postings in Washington, where he worked for

  • our Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, and the Office of the Under Secretary for

  • Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy, and also on Capitol Hill.

  • Overseas, he's worked in Milan, Italy; Guangzhou, China; and also Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam.

  • Prior to joining the State Department, he practiced law in Asia and Europe in the Army

  • JAG Corps.

  • His service included deployment to Rwanda.

  • He is a graduate of Notre Dame University, Washington and Lee School of Law, the U.S.

  • Army War College, and he also speaks Chinese and Italian.

  • Pretty impressive.

  • We are delighted that he is coming back to the State Department from the White House.

  • I know you will enjoy working with him.

  • For those of you who have not met him, he is a terrific guy.

  • We've worked closely together for the past year or so.

  • I asked him what his children thought, because he has two young girls – I asked him what

  • they thought of his job, and I love these quotes.

  • His youngest daughter said, “I'm proud of America and I'm proud of you, Dad, but

  • it sounds really boring.”

  • And then his older daughter said thisand you'll appreciate it – “But wait a minute,

  • everybody yells questions and they're angry.

  • That's the worst job in the world.”

  • That actually might be the White House press corps, not you all.

  • But we look forward to welcoming Robert when he joins us on the 20th of August.

  • But try not to bug him between now and then; he's on vacation with his family.

  • So another addition to our press family.

  • And that's it.

  • With that, I'd be happy to take your questions.

  • QUESTION: Okay, thanks.

  • We'll try not to be so angry.

  • MS NAUERT: I said not you all.

  • QUESTION: Let's – me, yes me.

  • I just wanted to ask you briefly before I ask you about Yemen.

  • I noticed the statement that you guys put out about Zimbabwe, the Zimbabwe elections

  • and the Zambian decision to deport the opposition leader.

  • MS NAUERT: Right.

  • QUESTION: And in that statement it said that you are reviewing certain aspects of your

  • cooperation with the Zambian Government.

  • Can you be a little bit more specific?

  • What aspects of --

  • MS NAUERT: Some of those will be conversations that will be had privately with both governments.

  • But my understanding is that there are certain agreements in which that government was taking

  • steps that the Zimbabweans weren't completely familiar with and weren't supportive of,

  • and there were some concerns related to that.

  • But let's just --

  • QUESTION: No, I understand, but I was just --

  • MS NAUERT: But let's just back up a couple steps for folks who've not been following

  • this perhaps as closely as you have.

  • Elections on July the 30ththose were promising, very promising.

  • We thought it was a historic chance to sort of move beyond the political and economic

  • crises of the past and toward a more democratic change and better dialogue in that country.

  • People turned out massively in those elections.

  • We put out a statement just after those elections complimenting them on those elections.

  • However, the success in delivering an election day that was peaceful and open to international

  • observers was then marred by violence, which we've been seeing and has been heavily reported,

  • at least in the international press, over the past about week and a half.

  • We've seen a disproportionate use of deadly force against protestors by the security forces,

  • which is a great concern of ours.

  • We're concerned by those numerous reports of human rights violations since the elections

  • had taken place about a week and a half or two ago.

  • We have received credible allegations of detentions, of beatings, and other abuses of the people

  • of Zimbabwe, particularly targeting opposition activists.

  • Now, the latest news today is the foreignexcuse me, the former minister of finance

  • had left to go to Zambia.

  • Zambia returned him to Zimbabwe, we understand.

  • And some of this is still fresh so we don't have all the details at this point.

  • But I understand he was detained and possibly let go.

  • So I'm going to pause there because some of this is still unfolding, and I don't

  • want to give you any inaccurate information since it's still developing.

  • QUESTION: I get that.

  • I just wanted to know is this a threat to withhold or suspend some aid to Zambia when

  • you say you're reviewing certain aspects of our cooperation?

  • MS NAUERT: Matt, I'm not going to get into that at this point, but we're watching the

  • situation carefully.

  • QUESTION: All right.

  • Let me ask you about this airstrike in Yemen, which appears to have killed dozens of children.

  • The Saudis obviously are the ones who conducted this, but they do that with weapons supplied

  • by the U.S., with training supplied by the U.S., and with targeting information, targeting

  • data, supplied by the U.S.

  • How can something like this happen?

  • MS NAUERT: How can something like that report happen?

  • QUESTION: Yeah.

  • MS NAUERT: Well, I think we would start by saying --

  • QUESTION: It's more than a report.

  • I mean, it's – they admitted that it happened.

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah.

  • How can situations like this happen?

  • We don't have the full details about what happened on the ground.

  • We've certainly seen the news reports of what has been reported happened, okay?

  • I can't confirm all the details because we are not there on the ground.

  • We can say that we're certainly concerned about these reports that resultedthat

  • there was an attack that resulted in the deaths of civilians.

  • We call on the Saudi-led coalition to conduct a thorough and transparent investigation into

  • the incident.

  • We take all credible accounts of civilian casualties very seriously.

  • We call on the parties to take appropriate measures to protect civilians in accordance

  • with international law and urge all parties to investigate all reported incidents of civilian

  • casualties.

  • QUESTION: Okay.

  • Well, they sayalready the coalition says that they acted in accordance with international

  • law.

  • But if you look at the photographs, the video that come from the scene, it doesn't look

  • like that's a reallythat that's a credible answer.

  • So are you okay with the coalition on its own doing an investigation, or would you like

  • to see some kind of an international component to it or an international investigation?

  • MS NAUERT: Well, I think I just answered that and we said that we would call upon the Saudi

  • Government --

  • QUESTION: So you're --

  • MS NAUERT: -- to do a full and thorough investigation, as we always do.

  • And we call upon all parties in any kind of situation like this to take appropriate measures

  • to try to mitigate the risk of civilian casualties.

  • QUESTION: So you don't think --

  • MS NAUERT: DOD and other entities put out reports on this after the fact as they all

  • start to investigate, and so we will look forward to any information on that.

  • QUESTION: Right.

  • But my question is you don't see a need for there to be something other than a coalition

  • investigation, you don't see a need for an independent --

  • MS NAUERT: Matt, I'm not going to getthis is something that is fresh, that just happened,

  • so I'm not going to get ahead of any kind of investigation that may take place.

  • Okay?

  • QUESTION: It's only the latest in a huge number of civilians killed during these operations

  • though.

  • MS NAUERT: I would encourage you to take a lookand that is we regret any loss of

  • civilian life.

  • That is something that the United States Governmentin particular, any time you talk to the

  • Department of Defense about civilian casualties, they will say the same thing --

  • QUESTION: Well --

  • MS NAUERT: -- that – I'm not finished, okay?

  • And they will say the exact same thing, that all parties take very strong responsibility

  • and measures to try to protect against the loss of civilian life.

  • As we have seenand you all very rarely ask about the issue that has been unfolding

  • and the devastation that has taken place in Yemenlet's look at some of the things

  • that have been happening in Yemen.

  • You have the Houthi rebels who continue to attack Saudi Arabia.

  • They continue to do that with Iranian weapons, missiles, and rockets.

  • They continue to try to attack civilian infrastructure in Saudi Arabia, for example, and that is

  • part of the reason why these actions are being taken.

  • Let me go back and remind you what I just said a moment ago, and that is we call for

  • an investigation and we anticipate that a thorough investigation will be done.

  • I don't have anything more for you on that.

  • QUESTION: The Secretary isn't planning on having a conversation with --

  • MS NAUERT: I don't have any information for you on that.

  • Okay.

  • Hi, Nick.

  • QUESTION: Is thishey, Heather.

  • Is this latest incident or the previous incidents causing the U.S. to re-evaluate in any way

  • the role that it's playing in the situation, in terms of its relationship with Saudi Arabia?

  • MS NAUERT: Look, we provide a tremendous amount of humanitarian assistance in Yemen to try

  • to support civilians in Yemen and try to mitigate against the devastation that's taken place

  • there in that country.

  • I don't have anything more for you on that.

  • QUESTION: But you also supply a tremendous amount of weaponry and the data for targeting

  • to the Saudis.

  • MS NAUERT: Well, thensorry.

  • QUESTION: Right?

  • No?

  • QUESTION: No.

  • QUESTION: Am I wrong?

  • Is that wrong?

  • QUESTION: That's not wrong.

  • MS NAUERT: Sorry, these ladies over here are laughing.

  • On that I would refer you to the Department of Defense that is involved with that, but

  • as you know, Saudi Arabia is an important strategic partner in the region to the United

  • States.

  • Okay.

  • Hi, Gardiner.

  • QUESTION: Just a follow-up on that.

  • Hey.

  • So obviously, there's growing concerns in Congress about the toll this war is taking

  • within Yemen.

  • It's the worst humanitarian disaster on the planet.

  • Aren't you concerned that incidents like this will further erode congressional support

  • and lead to further support for legislation that could cut off Saudi Arabia from arms

  • sales and the rest?

  • MS NAUERT: I mean, I think that is an entirely hypothetical question and we don't comment

  • on congressional proposals in any event, but I would askall of you have been very

  • silent on the issue of Yemen, and times --

  • QUESTION: Well --

  • MS NAUERT: Although Said has asked.

  • You've been the one reporter who's asked a lot about Yemen and the situation there.

  • QUESTION: Well I would suggest that if you had more than two briefings a week and they

  • lasted for longer than a half an hour or 40 minutes that you might get questions about

  • something other than the actual main topic of the day.

  • MS NAUERT: Matt, I think you and I talk every single day.

  • QUESTION: Yes, we do.

  • MS NAUERT: You have my phone number.

  • You have all my numbers, and anytime you want to talk about Yemen, I'd be more than happy

  • to answer your questions and provide you additional expert briefings --

  • QUESTION: Okay.

  • MS NAUERT: -- on Yemen anytime anyone is interested, but I have not seen a major level of interest

  • on the part of our press corps, with the exception of Said, on the issue of Yemen.

  • Yeah.

  • QUESTION: Why does that matter, though?

  • There's news today, so --

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah.

  • QUESTION: Can you request an expert on Yemen?

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah, certainly, I'd be happy to.

  • Yeah.

  • QUESTION: Wait, so first of all, I think that when there have been attacks against Saudi

  • installations or missiles and stuff, I think you've seen that there have been just as

  • vigorous of reporting.

  • MS NAUERT: I don't – I disagree, but --

  • QUESTION: Well, I mean, that's – it's not our job to, like, sit here and go back

  • and forth on that.

  • We're asking today.

  • The U.S. has tried to increase its target training withto try and improve the targeting

  • of the Saudi coalition.

  • Is that still continuing?

  • MS NAUERT: Elise, I think that would be a DOD issue, so I'd encourage you to talk

  • with my --

  • QUESTION: But these are foreignokay, but these are foreign military financing.

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah, yeah.

  • QUESTION: Which is out of the State Department.

  • MS NAUERT: And I would encourage you to talk to DOD about that.

  • So some --

  • QUESTION: Well, maybe --

  • MS NAUERT: Some of thissome of this is a State Department equity, but much of this

  • is Department of Defense, so I'd encourage you to talk with them about it.

  • Hey, Laurie.

  • QUESTION: Hi.

  • On Iraq, the road between Erbil and Kirkuk, which was cut as a result of fighting last

  • October, is being rebuilt, but Baghdad has said that it will establish a customs border

  • on that road and collect revenues.

  • Is that consistent, a customs border in the middle of the Erbil-Baghdad road, in which

  • one party, the Iraqi Government, is going to collect revenues?

  • Is that consistent with your view of a unified Iraq?

  • MS NAUERT: I wouldthere are other countries that have done this in the past, including

  • our own country years ago in which this type of thing has been done.

  • I think this is largely an internal matter for the Government of Iraq, between Iraq and

  • Erbil, to try to work out.

  • We do encourage them to resolve any remaining issues between Baghdad and Erbil.

  • QUESTION: You don't have a position beyond that?

  • MS NAUERT: Look, we believe that a strong KRG government within a unified and federal

  • Iraq is something that's essential to Iraq's long-term stability and the enduring defeat

  • overall of ISIS.

  • QUESTION: Okay, if I could ask you about Turkey.

  • So the deputy foreign minister was here; it seemed there was no progress.

  • Is that the case?

  • And was pastorwere the American hostages the only issues that were discussed or were

  • there other questions like the Turkish purchase of the S-400 discussed as well?

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah.

  • I mean, obviously you all know that we have a very broad relationship with Turkey and

  • a host of issues that we talk about with the Turkish Government whenever we do meet.

  • Yesterday we had a wide-ranging conversation with Turkish Government officials.

  • We made it clear that Pastor Brunson needs to be returned home.

  • Much of this, though, we're not going to negotiate in public.

  • QUESTION: Can you tell us --

  • MS NAUERT: Go ahead.

  • Hi.

  • QUESTION: Can you tell us if you made any progress about the situation of Pastor Brunson?

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah, I would say we would define progress as Pastor Brunson being brought home.

  • QUESTION: So in other words, no.

  • MS NAUERT: And so progress is --

  • QUESTION: Until heuntil he's --

  • MS NAUERT: Progress is Pastor Brunson being brought home to the United --

  • QUESTION: So until he's home there is no progress?

  • MS NAUERT: -- to the United States.

  • QUESTION: Did you give any --

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah.

  • QUESTION: Did you give any deadline?

  • Did you give Turkish officials any deadline?

  • MS NAUERT: I don't have any information for you on that.

  • Thanks.

  • Hi.

  • QUESTION: I think progress is kind of coming closer towards an agreement, like you're

  • notyou don't have full North Korean denuclearization but you say that there is

  • progress in working towards that goal.

  • So is there progress in coming to some kind of deal with the Turks or are you still as

  • far apart as you were the day that he was being hospitalized?

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah, I'm not going to characterize it that way.

  • As you know, we hadwe met yesterday.

  • They had wide-ranging meetings at the State Department and with other departments here

  • in Washington.

  • I'd refer you to those other departments that met with the Turkish Government.

  • The progress that we want to be made is to have Pastor Brunson return home.

  • And I'll leave it at that.

  • Okay?

  • QUESTION: So is that saying you will not engage with the Turks anymore on this issue until

  • Pastor Brunson comes home?

  • MS NAUERT: I'm not going to speculate on that, and I'm not going to get ahead of

  • the administration on that issue.

  • Hey, Said.

  • QUESTION: Hi.

  • Thank you, Heather.

  • Could we movecould you comment on the escalation in Gaza?

  • There has been escalation in Israeli bombardment of Gaza as we speak.

  • MS NAUERT: I'm sorry, start that over again.

  • QUESTION: There is an escalation as we speak of Israeli bombardment of Gaza.

  • They said that they killed a 23-year-old woman, pregnant, with her toddler.

  • Do you have any comments on that?

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah.

  • I mean, overall we've been watching this as it has been unfolding, and it's a very

  • concerning situation that has taken place in Gaza.

  • Overall, we condemn the launching of missile attacks into Israel and call for an end to

  • the destructive violence.

  • We've seen reports that 180 or so rocket attacks have taken place, shot from Gaza into

  • Israel, and we fully support Israel's right to defend itself and to take actions to prevent

  • provocations of that nature.

  • QUESTION: But this last round of bombardment, Israeli bombardment, actually began by the

  • Israelis.

  • It was not Hamas that started this latest round.

  • MS NAUERT: Look, I'm not going to get into how this thing started.

  • Let's not forget that Hamas bears ultimate responsibility for the dire humanitarian situation

  • in Gaza.

  • It's a tremendous concern of ours.

  • QUESTION: Okay.

  • Let me ask you about the peace efforts that are taking place.

  • Now, there are reports that the unveiling of the plan, the deal of the century, has

  • been pushed back.

  • Cando you have any comment on that?

  • MS NAUERT: I would object to the premise of the question, your statement in that question.

  • We have not unveiled the peace plan at this time.

  • That will be unveiled by Mr. Kushner and Mr. Greenblatt when it is ready.

  • And when it's ready to be unveiled, they will unveil it.

  • QUESTION: And lastly, last week you guys released some funds or some aid to the Palestinian

  • Authority.

  • I believe it was sent to the security forces.

  • Can you share with us the amount of that aid?

  • Is that a one-time thing, or is it part of the sort of unfreezing of the funds to the

  • Palestinian Authority?

  • MS NAUERT: I'm going to have to get back to you on that issue.

  • I don't have any information for you on that today.

  • Okay?

  • QUESTION: Russia?

  • MS NAUERT: Hi.

  • QUESTION: Russia?

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah, go right ahead.

  • QUESTION: Okay, two quick questions.

  • First of all, on the sanctions that were announced yesterday, one of the requirements for Russia

  • to avoid further sanctions is to allow inspections to make sure that they're not using chemical

  • weapons.

  • Does the State Department have any reason to think that Russia is going to allow that?

  • And is the U.S. expecting Russia to allow that?

  • MS NAUERT: I mean, that's asking us to look into the future, and we don't know what

  • the future holds.

  • I think that's a hypothetical question, so I don't have an answer for you.

  • QUESTION: But the U.S. is fully expecting to have some kind of inspections take place,

  • then, according to this law?

  • MS NAUERT: I don't have anything for you on that today, and I'm not going to get

  • ahead of anything that happens in the near future.

  • Okay?

  • QUESTION: Okay, well, that's what the law says.

  • MS NAUERT: Yep.

  • QUESTION: But my other question is on theis the U.S. then currently preparing for

  • this next round of sanctions, then?

  • MS NAUERT: As you well know, we don't forecast sanctions.

  • We have complied with the law in announcing those sanctions just yesterday, and we will

  • comply with the law going forward, of course, as we always would.

  • Okay?

  • QUESTION: Heather, just to get a follow-on on that?

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah, sure.

  • Hi, Gardiner.

  • QUESTION: So youin the case of Iran, you have this 12-point plan of what behavior

  • you want the government to implement in order to lift sanctions.

  • You have a whole series of sanctions that are now revolving around Russia having to

  • do with CAATSA, Magnitsky, now weapons.

  • Can you give us some global sense of what these sanctions are trying to achieve from

  • an American foreign policy perspective?

  • What are you looking for from Russia?

  • Why do we have sanctions on them?

  • What's your goal?

  • And when's thewhen's the periodicity of these things?

  • MS NAUERT: Sure.

  • I think I would start by answering that question with this: That we approach every country

  • very differently.

  • Every country that we have a relationship or even countries that we don't have relationships

  • with are viewed through a separate lens.

  • So what may be appropriate for one country is maybe not necessarily appropriate for another

  • country.

  • The United States Government has determined that sanctions can be a very effective tool

  • in trying to bring various governments to the table to negotiate with us or try to encourage

  • countries to comply or to return to a better set of behaviors.

  • So this is one tool that we have in a very big toolkit.

  • The State Department works closely with Treasury and OFAC and other entities to implement,

  • study, and enforce sanctions, and that is part of what you've seen yesterday.

  • Let's remember that one of the things that has brought North Korea to the table is sanctions.

  • And we have found sanctions to be very effective in many cases around the world.

  • So the U.S.

  • Government looks at that as an overall tool.

  • QUESTION: Right, so North Korea is a great example.

  • Sanctionsas a result, you want to get rid of their nuclear program.

  • Again, Iran, you've got a list of 12 things.

  • Venezuela, you've got sort of a clear list.

  • I'm trying to understand what your policy is with Russia.

  • You've got a varietymyriad now of sanctions.

  • What's your goal?

  • MS NAUERT: Well, I think the President has addressed this and so has Secretary Pompeo.

  • We'd like to have a better relationship with the Russian Government, recognizing that

  • we have a lot of areas of mutual concern.

  • It is a major country; we are a major country as well.

  • And so when you have that, you are forced to have to have conversations with other governments.

  • And sanctions is a way that we can try to encourage better behavior on the part of government.

  • Now, I'm speaking in a broad-based sense, but that's one way that we can encourage

  • better behavior.

  • Okay.

  • QUESTION: Same topic?

  • QUESTION: Could I ask a follow-up on that?

  • QUESTION: (Off-mike)

  • MS NAUERT: Sure.

  • What is your name, miss?

  • QUESTION: My name's Emily, I'm from Buzzfeed News.

  • MS NAUERT: Emily, hi.

  • QUESTION: So if these sanctions are in part meant to encourage better behavior with Russia,

  • Russia today came out and said that these sanctionssort of as was expectedthat

  • these sanctions are not in keeping with the spirit of Helsinki.

  • Soand I understand these sanctions werethey're in keeping with the law, et

  • cetera, but does thisor to put it a different way, is the cooperation that was sort of established

  • at Helsinkiis the U.S.

  • Government still planning on having that with Russia after yesterday's sanctions?

  • MS NAUERT: We tend to believe that dialogue is always an important issue.

  • I think I had just addressed this with Gardiner, and that is trying to build a better relationship

  • with countries that we need to cooperate with or we need to be able to have relations with,

  • and that would be one example.

  • QUESTION: And then just on the other point on the second tranche, and I don't mean

  • to get you into hypotheticals, but yesterday at the briefing they did say that if Russia

  • doesn't do certain things, including sort of admit wrongdoing and say that they weren't

  • going to do it again, that there would be second tranche.

  • And today, Russia said this is ridiculous, we didn't do that.

  • So if they keep that position for the next 90 days, won't therewon't there,

  • under the law, have to be a second tranche?

  • MS NAUERT: And that's why I would go back and say that we will comply with the law.

  • We are well aware of what the law contains; we will comply with the law.

  • But I'm not going to get ahead of what could happen 90 days from now.

  • Okay.

  • QUESTION: The same topicsame topic?

  • QUESTION: (Off-mike)

  • MS NAUERT: Janne, go right ahead.

  • QUESTION: Thank you, thank you, Heather.

  • On North Korean and South Korean issues.

  • MS NAUERT: Okay.

  • QUESTION: Andrecently, South Korea imported North Korean coal.

  • What is the U.S. position on the smuggling of North Korean coal into South Korea?

  • Is thatdo you think this is theSouth Korea has violated sanctions?

  • MS NAUERT: I thinkwe'd say this: that we have a great relationship with the Government

  • of South Korea.

  • My understanding is that they are looking into reports of this.

  • We encourage all countries to maintain sanctions, and to not skirt sanctions and make sure that

  • sanctions are adhered to.

  • QUESTION: But two days ago, John Bolton, national security advisor, and South Korean national

  • security advisor Chung Eui-yong, they had telephone conversation and John Bolton said

  • that he trust or believe in the South Korean Government.

  • What does it mean that you trust the South Korean Government, so --

  • MS NAUERT: Well, the Government of the Republic of Korea is an ally and longstanding partner

  • of ours, and we closely coordinate with that government.

  • QUESTION: But alliesbut they do something behind the United States is smuggling something

  • else, so how you going to trust them?

  • MS NAUERT: Look, we trust when they say that they will investigate that they will investigate.

  • We closely coordinate with them.

  • They've been longstanding allies and partners, and we have a strong relationship with them.

  • QUESTION: Are you still investigations or waiting --

  • MS NAUERT: I don't have anything more for you on that, okay?

  • QUESTION: All right, thank you.

  • MS NAUERT: Thanks.

  • QUESTION: (Off-mike.)

  • MS NAUERT: Kylie, go right ahead.

  • QUESTION: So there's been discussion of potentially having another meeting with North

  • Korea.

  • Has there been any progress on that that --

  • MS NAUERT: We have no meetings, no travel plans to announce today, and by the way, we

  • just got back from a long flight, which I will remind you was a very long flight.

  • Headed over to Asia, a long flight back.

  • We're okay with being here for a while.

  • QUESTION: All right.

  • QUESTION: (Off-mike.)

  • MS NAUERT: Okay.

  • Hi.

  • Go ahead.

  • QUESTION: Well wait, can I just follow up real quick on that?

  • MS NAUERT: Just hold on, hold on, hold on.

  • He asked first.

  • Go right ahead.

  • QUESTION: Oh, I'm sorry.

  • QUESTION: Yes.

  • So about the North Korean coal, yeah.

  • And South Korean Government is going to announce the result of investigation about North Korean

  • coal smuggling maybe later today.

  • So now the issue is thatwhether the United States is going to apply the second boycott

  • to the Korean companies, which it appears to be violated the sanctions.

  • So I just wonder whether you are going to apply the secondary boycott to the companies.

  • MS NAUERT: I think I just answered that, that the investigation was initiated by the Government

  • of South Korea, and we will wait to hear from them on any announcements with regard to that,

  • okay?

  • And we're going to have to wrap it up in just a minute.

  • Elise, go right ahead.

  • QUESTION: Just on theyou said there's nothing new to announce.

  • Are the delegations trying to get another negotiating session?

  • Like your team in Asia, are they trying to get another negotiating session together with

  • the North Koreans?

  • MS NAUERT: Look, I mean, I can tell you we continue to have conversations virtually every

  • day, every other day or so --

  • QUESTION: With the North Koreans?

  • MS NAUERT: -- with the North Koreans, and when I sayconversations,” that can be

  • by phone, that can be my message, that can be by email.

  • Those arethey take different forms, those conversations do.

  • So we continue to have conversations with the government.

  • Whenif and when we have travel announcements to make, I will certainly let you know, but

  • we have nothing yet.

  • QUESTION: But I mean, obviously that you'll make those announcements, but I'm just wondering

  • if likeif there is efforts being made to put together another negotiating session.

  • MS NAUERT: I don't have anything for you on that right now.

  • QUESTION: Can I have one question on the sanctions?

  • MS NAUERT: Okay?

  • Okay.

  • Sir, go right ahead.

  • QUESTION: Yeah.

  • Just to follow up, you said you have nothing planned, but Mr. Bolton mentioned that in

  • the letter that Secretary Pompeo gave to Foreign Minister Ri, there was an offer to meet.

  • Has North Korea responded to that offer yet?

  • MS NAUERT: I don't have any information for you on that.

  • This was a letter from the President to Chairman Kim, so I don't have any visibility on what

  • was actually in that letter or what conversations the White House may or may not be having.

  • I'd have to refer you to the White House for anything on that.

  • QUESTION: So you can confirm that there was an offer?

  • MS NAUERT: I can confirm there was a letter.

  • Anything that the White House has said about that or Ambassador Bolton has said about that,

  • I'd refer you back to them on those matters.

  • When I have something to let you know, I certainly would be happy to.

  • Okay, last question.

  • QUESTION: (Off-mike.)

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah.

  • QUESTION: Two days ago, President Trump claimed most Chinese students in the United States

  • are spies.

  • I'm not asking you to comment on what he said, but State Department as a agency to

  • issue visa to Chinese students, do you share the viewdo you think most Chinese students

  • in the United States are spies?

  • MS NAUERT: Yeah, I don't have the President's comments in front of me.

  • I have not seen those comments, so I would hesitate to comment on his comments without

  • having read it and had the full context.

  • As you are well aware, we have many Chinese students studying in the United States.

  • We have strong people-to-people ties with the Government of China, but of course there

  • are concerns with some who might come into the United States and try to pick up some

  • of our technology and other information and bring it back home for reasons that the United

  • States Government would be concerned about.

  • But we have a strong relationship with China and we enjoy having students studying in the

  • United States from China, and I'll just leave it at that.

  • Okay, thanks.

  • We've got to go, guys.

  • We'll see you soon.

MS NAUERT: Hi, everybody.

字幕と単語

ワンタップで英和辞典検索 単語をクリックすると、意味が表示されます

B1 中級

部局プレスブリーフィング 2018年8月9日 (Department Press Briefing - August 9, 2018)

  • 100 2
    blackstone に公開 2021 年 01 月 14 日
動画の中の単語