That said, when I was notified of this, I took it upon myself to book this room and translators, and also to peg an hour for today's meeting. We also gave a heads to the officials at the department who are doing the negotiations. So if it's the will of everybody for them to come to the table and give us a briefing, we'll ask questions of them until 11 o'clock. Is that okay with everyone?
On August 18th, 2016. See this statement in context.