It would have been done 30 years ago. And the sanctions announced by treasury on Russia today, what changed the President's mind from last week from looking for a Budapest meeting to impose? Well, We'd still like to meet with the Russians. We still want to. And I think I had a good call with Foreign Minister Lavrov and we'll follow up on that. We're always going to be interested in engaging if there's an opportunity to achieve peace. (05:56–05:59)
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Asserts the desire to meet with Russian officials.
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