Question: Madame Secretary, IS, the Islamic State, is operating at NATO’s borders basically. It must be a concern.

Assistant Secretary Nuland: I think we’re all concerned and that’s why we’re working so hard together to fight ISIL, whether it means fighting them militarily, whether it means training our Iraqi partners together, or whether it means closing our own space and ensuring that the transatlantic space is a no-go zone, whether it’s for recruiting terrorists, or whether it’s for financing them. So in that context I think the United States is extremely gratified that Germany is also leading in this fight, particularly in your decision to help equip the Peshmerga including with lethal assistance.

Question: Turkish soldiers are very close to the border, so just a couple of miles away from the ISIS fighters. Should they do more? Should they engage militarily?

Assistant Secretary Nuland: I think we’re all very concerned about the impending massacre that we see in Kobani. We are working together. We are in contact, very close contact with the Turkish government. The United States and the global coalition, as you know, are working to stem this advance now, and Turkey is also playing its role on its [inaudible].

Question: So should Turkey do more? I know that American diplomats are going to Turkey very soon in order to talk to them. Is that the goal, for Turkey to engage militarily?

Assistant Secretary Nuland: Turkey has talked about wanting to do more, not only in supporting the existing actions of the coalition, and we are having very good cooperation as allies in that regard, but has also talked about doing more on the ground. So we need to have those conversations and decide what makes the most sense in this security environment, and we will.

Question: Another security issue is in Ukraine and the situation there with Russia. We have a peace deal in Ukraine. What must happen next to resolve the situation with Russia?

Assistant Secretary Nuland: Well as you know, we have a very fragile and uneven ceasefire in the east of Ukraine. The agreement that was set in Minsk includes 12 points. Not all of those are being implemented. It’s now extremely important that we support the Ukrainian government in its insistence that the ceasefire be implemented in all of its elements. Most importantly now to begin to restore Ukrainian sovereignty on the Ukrainian-Russian international border, to close the space for funding and fueling [inaudible], to get foreign equipment and military forces out, and to begin to get back to the business of peace and to implement the political arrangements that Kiev has offered.

Thank you very much.

Question: Thank you very much.