Steve Witkoff Talks Greenland, Iran, Ukraine
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Bloomberg Audio Studios. Podcasts. Radio. News. Now, let's go to Damos, where Bloomberg's Anne-Marie Hordern is standing by.
Anne-Marie. Thank you so much, Vani. I'm now joined by, of course, the special envoy for peace negotiations in the Middle East. His portfolio has expanded as well to what's going on in Ukraine, Steve Wyckoff. Thank you so much for joining us here.
Oh, it's my pleasure. Thanks for having me.
So this, Davos, I thought I would start with you talking about your portfolio, Russia, the Middle East. You successfully negotiated peace in Gaza. But we first have to talk about this elephant in the room when it comes to Greenland. What's the thinking behind this?
Well, I think the president feels, as many other presidents before him have indicated, that it's of strategic significance, importance. It's just strategically critical. And we're in the best position to defend it against adversaries and enemies. And I agree with that position.
The president's talking about if he doesn't get Greenland, there's going to be tariffs on the Europeans. At the same time, you're trying to bring the Europeans on board to get an agreement on their soil, on their continent in Ukraine. Does it make your job more challenging?
No, he makes my job easier, actually. I'm his emissary, and he sets the table pretty good for people like me.
Do you think there'll be an off-ramp on Greenland? What are the conversations like right now?
I think the president is an incredible negotiator. So he will get to the right place.
And those negotiations could potentially take place here in Davos.
I think there'll be some discussions here.
Do you think a lot of leaders are going to show up to the Board of Peace event? Because Emmanuel Macron has left, von der Leyen's leaving. They're all going to have an emergency summit on Greenland.
You know, we've got 20 or maybe 25 leaders who have already said yes. This is not such an easy place to get to. They've already said yes. I think you're going to see overwhelming response. We had many people who we weren't sure if they were going to even want to get an invitation. Now they're calling up for invitations. So everyone wants to be a part of this. What we're going to do here, what the president is going to do here, will be game-changing for the world.
How have you pushed the ball forward when it comes to Ukraine talks here? I know Kirill Dmitriev was here on the ground. Yes. He was tweeting about how the talks went well.
What topics does this Davos interview introduce about geopolitics and Greenland?
He's a tweeter.
Yeah, he is. He follows me. Can you give us some insight into if the talks are going well, where are we at this moment? What is the state of play?
Well, the Ukrainians have said that we're 90% done. And I agree with them. In fact, I think that we've made even more significant improvement over this past weekend. We were meeting with Kirill Butunov, who is, of course, their new vice president, ran military intelligence for them. Their head of the parliament, David, and with Rustam Umaroff. And we made even more progress during those meetings in Miami this past week. I'll be with them tonight. And I think that, and then I'm going to Moscow with Jared. All of these discussions are... When are you going to Moscow?
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Chapters
5 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–3:07
2
What topics does this Davos interview introduce about geopolitics and Greenland?
3:07–4:43
3
Why does the U.S. consider Greenland strategically critical and how is Denmark's defense capability described?
4:43–7:39
4
Will talks about Greenland happen at Davos and who is expected to attend the Board of Peace event?
7:39–10:00
5
How far along are the Ukraine negotiations and who has been involved in recent meetings?
10:00–11:13
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