Such incidents … illustrate the need for the two countries to resolve their differences through dialogue,

we have credible evidence, or we wouldn’t be in this situation of demanding this kind of direct discussion on this subject.

We’re not moving ahead at the pace that one would expect if we’re going to get everything done.

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Our understanding is that the Contact Group in New York has agreed to a consensus text of a U.N. Security Council resolution.

That effort is failing completely and totally. We don’t see a point in negotiations.

[Albright] will be explaining to the Chinese and to Zhu Rongji specifically that if he and the Chinese want their trip to the United States to be a success, that it’s got to go beyond...

he will be able to reconstitute his weapons of mass destruction in a matter of months, not years.

Those are major sub-systems, missiles or key production facilities for missiles. So they’re big and significant items.

the King will help bring home the importance of making tough choices for peace.

The citizen appeared to be in good health and made no complaints of mistreatment, and he indicated that he expects this matter to be resolved in a short time.

That is a sure-fire way to give President Milosevic another pretext to kill innocent Albanians.

an indefinite limbo is dangerous because it just increases the window for these extremists and opponents of peace to try to kill it.

We don’t comment on alleged asylum requests.

a particularly helpful gesture.

I think the general feeling by all concerned was that they were creating a constructive and pragmatic relationship, atmosphere.

it is not beneficial for either side to take steps which make holding … substantive cross-strait dialogue more difficult.

We have been in touch with both sides, and it is our view they should continue to stay engaged to see if they can make progress.

We are not saying that these individuals are, to our knowledge, directly responsible for war crimes,

We will continue to encourage the two sides to address key issues,

What we have said is that our goal is to complete the work, if possible, by Sunday. And we don’t want to speculate what would happen after Sunday.

If there are civilians who are dying, it is (Iraqi President) Saddam Hussein’s fault.

whether they want a peace agreement rather than a catastrophe.

This bargain that we struck with North Korea is working. We think that it increases the chances that North Korea’s nuclear program will stay frozen, and eventually be dismantled.

For our part, the administration hopes to increase U.S. assistance to the Palestinians significantly over the next five years.

We do not expect to be able to achieve a core agreement in one round of negotiations.

We have no illusions about China an d will continue to operate with the expectation that China, like many other countries, will seek to acquire sensitive information and technology for military uses.

Secretary Albright will do what she always does and that is tell it like it is on the subject of human rights. There has been an unfortunate deplorable pattern of crackdowns on political dissent.

The air campaign will continue, and we will continue to make diplomatic efforts with our G-8 colleagues toward a peaceful resolution of this conflict.

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The ministers are in intensive discussions with Milutinovic and with the Kosovar Albanians. If we aren’t able to reach an agreement, we will say so and explain why.

They encountered no denial of access, … The Serb police presence is much smaller in the countryside than on Sunday, and the Serb police are generally departing the countryside.

The government’s failure to provide equal protection to all of its citizens and its refusal to implement court orders have grave implications for the rule of law in Zimbabwe.

It would be a grave mistake for people to test their willingness to defend themselves.

The G-8 summit is about personal chemistry, and there are two big problems. The president thinks (German) Chancellor (Gerhard) Schroeder lied to him, and the president thinks that Jacques Chirac screwed him.

Saddam is again pushing the canard that sanctions — rather than the misrule and the cynical manipulation of his own people that Saddam Hussein propagates — are responsible for the suffering of the Iraqi people.

We do expect to be making decisions on these visa applications fairly quickly.

The kind of heavy-handed intimidation by the Serb police is emblematic of the repressive nature of (Yugoslav President) Slobodan Milosevic’s regime in Kosovo, which sparked the current crisis.

The U.S. support for the Djukanovic government is strong and unwavering.

It’s up to the tribunal to indict and name people as war criminals.

The situation in Kosovo is quite troubling, extremely dangerous. We believe the Yugoslav National Army has been engaged in a firefight along the Albanian border with myriad deaths involved.

Mr. Dahoumane is considered to be a potentially dangerous terrorist and is still at large.

SFOR’s mandate is to ensure a secure environment, and SFOR will take action when necessary to carry out its mandate. There will be a zero tolerance for violence,

Saddam Hussein should change his mind and allow the U.N. to do its job.

The president felt there was a very good and serious exchange of views. All issues came up at the dinner,

as an absurdity and an obvious effort to divert attention from the atrocities and other outrageous activities being perpetrated by the regime in Kosovo.

I think that will make clear for all to see that the Kosovo Albanians have made the courageous decision to choose peace even while their people are being attacked and killed on the ground today.

We have tried hard to maintain a working relationship with Belarus. The (Belarus) government has made that task even more difficult by this unnecessary, foolish and illegal provocation.

We recognize there are a lot of events that are converging at this very moment, but we don’t see them as linked and we don’t see them as a crisis. We see them as hurdles...

We are urging them to exercise caution, number one. And number two, that they limit unnecessary movement outside of their residences,