Steve Witkoff: “We didn't think that we were anywhere close to agreeing to…”

“We agree. We agreed. Jake, first of all, thank you for having me and good morning. We agreed to robust security guarantees that I would describe as game changing. We didn't think that we were anywhere close to agreeing to Article 5 protection from the United States. legislative enshrinement within the Russian Federation, not to go after any other territory when the peace deal is, you know, codified legislative enshrinement in the Russian Federation, not to go after any other European countries and violate their sovereignty.” (00:26–00:34)

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