in order to achieve it a military threat may be needed.

We are looking with interest at that proposal. It is a proposal in which enrichment would be done outside, in Russia, but at the moment no agreement has been reached between Russia and Iran.

A major figure of Croatia and the Balkans has disappeared. We have to hope that the elections that will now take place in Croatia … will help Croatia in the direction of a democratic country.

There is no crisis at all between the European Union and Israel. If there was a crisis, we would not be here.

The European Union is here to help. But we are not here in a mediating function.

It is a cruel irony of history that he left at the moment he was most needed, the very moment he was expected to provide leadership in helping to settle the future status of Kosovo.

Without honest political dialogue it will be difficult to overcome the present situation. Therefore our aim is to … help the development of that political dialogue.

This is the first time a border is opened and not controlled by the Israelis. As you can imagine this is a very important step.

Therefore, a few moments ago, I instructed Gen. Clark to suspend NATO’s air operations against Yugoslavia,

We are going tomorrow to get very serious on Sudan.

Once again, the European Union recalls that it is absolutely against terror and that these actions kill the hopes of peace.

The money is simply not coming. To face to all existing threats, we must spend more, spend better and, above all, spend together.

Any attack with hostile intent against NATO verification aircraft will have the greatest consequence,

I got the impression from the government that they don’t see any basic difficulties in parliament … Parliament is is recess but people continue to work on the law.

We want to maintain the strategy at this very moment which is producing results rapidly,

We want to take a decision that is part of a solution, not part of a problem, and therefore it has to be well explained and understood by everybody.

The war in Iraq can be averted and the responsibility is basically on the side of Saddam Hussein.

All the political parties have the right to be part of the elections, but there is a certain code of conduct that has to be accepted by everybody. It’s very difficult that parties who do...

We still don’t know the facts. Prosecutors are looking into it, but it’s hard to comment.

We are very concerned by the serious deterioration of the security situation in Gaza.

The founding fathers of this alliance would be proud of what we have done and what we are doing, … Fifty years after its creation, the Atlantic alliance continues to demonstrate that for us, values...

to abandon their isolation and agree, as the Albanians have done, to join the consulting governing bodies of the province which work with the international administration.

No, what we are doing today is a reflection on what may happen if at the end of the day what is going (on) now in the (U.N.) Security Council does fail.

Russia has its heart divided between its Slav soul and its disgust for Milosevic’s behavior,

Let me stress that the use of force will require further decisions

Diplomatic initiatives continue, but I think we must continue with the NATO strategy to seek a just end to this conflict,

We are jointly calling on both countries to refrain from further testing and to sign up unconditionally to the Non-Proliferation Treaty and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty,

I am delighted in particular that the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) has now made a strategic choice to take the path of cooperation, and has reaffirmed the central importance of the Non-Proliferation Treaty...

Whatever the United States asks for, they will be given.

This is a significant step forward for regional and global stability.

Once these conditions are fulfilled, the European Union will stand ready to continue to support the Palestinian economic development and democratic state building.

not only physically but morally as well.

I hope that will not be necessary,

I have repeated my appeal to both sides to exercise maximum restraint and renew their security cooperation on a systematic basis.

Steps are urgently needed to improve the visibility, impact and effectiveness

I have no information whatsoever that tells me with certainty that any of the accusations, allegations, rumors, that have taken place are true.

We still have time to continue work.

Probably on the second of February, I will not be able to answer in the morning. I’ll have to probably answer at night.

It will be put together without any doubt. I think the a good number of countries will participate.

Where we have differences right now is over the problem of tactically how to resolve the situation… I believe we will come to the same common strategy again in relation to the Balkans,

I don’t agree with that decision because I don’t think by Saturday we will have a new (Palestinian) government.

NATO takes a decision on its own.

We are trying to see how we can help to scale down the violence, and the situation of tension, and therefore to return to what is a dream of everybody, to try to negotiate a...

The position of the European Union in support of the recognition of Israel and a peaceful negotiated solution leading to two states is well known.

damage as much as possible the machinery of war, and the destruction of the Serbian army and the military police.

In forcing people to leave, the Bosnian Serb authorities have behaved abominably, and the actions of the Federation authorities have been far from reassuring,

It would be very difficult for the help and the money that goes to the Palestinian Authority to continue to flow. The taxpayers in the European Union, members of the Parliament of the European Union,...

keeping the balance reached with Iran on the nuclear issue.

Most forms of external support require interaction with the Palestinian administration.

The position of Russia is the following: Why don’t we have an extraordinary meeting (at the UN), debate the situation then go back to Vienna, continue discussions there and wait for the IAEA (International Atomic...