There is a chance for a breakthrough and I certainly am urging the Macedonian Government to seize that opportunity, |
There is a disagreement on timing at the moment by a small number of nations, but there is no disagreement on substance at all. This is not some sort of bust-up. |
There is a disagreement on timing, |
There is only a disagreement about timing, and that relates specifically to the timelines laid down by the United Nations in relation to inspections. |
There is still too much hatred and revenge, |
These airstrikes have one purpose alone, and that is to stop the genocide. |
They will certainly not sleep any sounder in their beds as the result of today's action. |
This (incident) will have upset a lot of people who thought they were getting away with it, ... What has happened this week is going to make them less easy in their beds and some of them will do rash things, which may well have further consequences. |
This agreement is a first and crucial step in taking this country away from civil war towards normality, |
This country is still on a knife-edge but in the last three days the government has regained confidence, regained ground and regained the initiative, |
This help is being undermined and threatened by this unacceptable resort to violent action, |
This initiative is quite simply historic, and even revolutionary, |
to receive the arms of those who wish to give up this unreasonable and unwinnable fight. |
Today was a good day for resuming the dialogue and discussion that forms part of the NATO-Russia relationship, ... We've moved from permafrost into slightly softer ground. |
Today was multilateralism in practice and working, |