In our view, it is important to carefully preserve (the system that) has been built up over the decades and that has also functioned as a guarantee of international security. |
Iraq's debt to the Russian Federation comes to $8 billion U.S. and as far as the Russian government's position on this, it is not planning any kind of write-off of that debt. |
Is it really a concern about humanitarian problems? ... We are open to that and confirm that today. But those organizations who we welcome in the Caucasus, why are they so indifferent to the situation in Yugoslavia? |
isn't the way that could help find a political solution. |
It is only for the Palestinians to decide who they want to have as their leaders. It is the sovereign right of the Palestinian people. |
It was extremely important for us to receive from Chairman Arafat assurances that the Palestinian leadership is adhering to the road map, will fulfill all points of this map, and that within that leadership there is no disagreement on the issue, |
It's evident that taking into account the wealth accumulated in the many years of relations between both nations, it's logical that the ties between Cuba and Russia continue to develop, |
Maybe by color, maybe by number, maybe something else. |
must be searched for through dialogue, including with Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat. |
Must the UNMOVIC and IAEA inspectors continue their work in Iraq in the interest of a political settlement? Have all the necessary conditions to that end been met? Russia answers yes to that question. The conditions are there. The inspectors must continue their inspections. And this is a position shared by the overwhelming majority of states in the world, including within the Security Council of the United Nations. |
NATO continues, using ultimatums, to insist Belgrade and the entire international community accept the alliance's demands. |
no intention of interfering in inter-confessional relations. |
No one in the political leadership of the Russian federation has any deadlines, |
No specific proposal has been mentioned but the main aim of Russia is to enable resumption of constructive nuclear negotiations between Iran and the European Union trio and put an end to the tensions, |
Nobody has the right to act on their own in the name of the United Nations and even less to pretend to be the judge of the entire world, |