We have significantly increased our own contributions, as you know, we provided about $13.5 billion going back to the Russian aggression over the course of 2022.

It requires, and we are focused on a much more comprehensive approach to the Black Sea region.

The first set is posed by our strategic competitors--the immediate, acute threat posed by Russia's autocracy and aggression, most destructively through its brutal war against Ukraine.

The United States has an enduring interest in the Black Sea region and we are working on a strategy that will strengthen our political, security, economic, and energy cooperation with the region and promote democratic resilience.

However, we do not support the expansion or the alteration of the veto.

I agree with you, the Taliban is taking steps that are digging an even deeper hole for the people of Afghanistan.

I am certainly determined to do that.

The United States has a positive vision for the future: a world that's free, secure, open and prosperous.

We need more people to address some of these emerging priorities and emergencies.

We have had an almost perfect storm that has built up between climate change, between COVID, and of course conflict, and now, exacerbated dramatically by Russia's aggression against Ukraine.

I think your voice on this could make a real difference.

We will produce that strategy. I couldn't agree with you more.