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    Tbilisi should be aware that all responsibility for the consequences of this provocation lies with the Georgian side.

    On the morning of March 2, a terrorist attack was committed not far from the U. S. Consulate General in Karachi. Two car bombs were set off, killing and injuring a number of people. There are no Russian citizens among the casualties.

    We expect the Palestinian leadership to take the most resolute steps to end rocket attacks on Israeli towns and any terrorist acts.

    Political directors from six countries will discuss the report, which has only been published today, in Paris in early May.

    We believe that when the Philippines begin coordinating the Russian- ASEAN dialogue in July 2006... Russia will play a more active role in creative processes in Southeast Asia and the Asia-Pacific region.


    The Russian side has confirmed its readiness to provide further military assistance to Afghanistan, including in personnel training and military equipment supplies.

    We are developing cooperation in the fuel and energy sector, in the sphere of transport, industry and agriculture.

    We are appealing to the leadership of Israel and the Palestinian National Authority, to all Palestinian political forces and organizations to exercise restraint and not to take steps that may further escalate tensions.

    The formula of the enlargement of the Security Council must make it more representative and enhance the efficiency of its decisions.

    Moscow cannot but regret this decision given that the tribunal paid no attention to the Russian Federation's guarantees.

    It has been Russia's position that the problem in relations with Ukraine must be settled at the level of the two countries' economic institutions. We have repeatedly called on the Ukrainian side not to politicize the issue.

    From this point of view the nuclear plant does not constitute any threat to the non-proliferation regime.

    If the upcoming discussion in London and Vienna and other talks over this theme go off normally, the holding of such negotiations in Moscow in mid-February is possible.

    The visit proceeds against a difficult information background in Russian-U. S. relations. Due to that fact, we are ready for an open and honest dialogue with representatives of the administration, the American Political Science Association and Congress, in order to explain our approaches to current international issues, as well as various aspects of the development of the political situation in Russia.

    Today there are algorithms of cooperation with NATO that allow states to cooperate in the widest security spectrum without formal accession to the alliance.

    We are carefully studying suggestions to convene a special session of the IAEA Board of Governors to outline the agency's further steps, including plans to brief the UN Security Council on the Iranian matter.

    At the present time, the concerns of the international community over the Iranian nuclear program cannot be eased through sanctions and use of force.

    Georgian military units were pulled out of the zone of conflict on the night from February 8 to February 9.

    We will only be able to talk about sanctions after we have concrete facts confirming that Iran is not exclusively involved in peaceful nuclear activities.

    Milosevic's advisers handed the Russian Embassy in the Netherlands a letter to the Russian Foreign Ministry on March 11, which we received yesterday afternoon.

    Moscow expresses its profound concern following the recent dramatic events in the Palestinian territories.

    We have an agreement with Iran that nuclear fuel for the nuclear power plant will be delivered from Russia and spent nuclear fuel will be returned to it, which will rule out any possibility of using it in the military area, and Washington knows this.

    Moscow resolutely condemns this new terrorist attack. We hope their crime will not go unpunished and the culprits will be found and brought to book.

    We are far from claiming a monopolist role in the post-Soviet space. At the same time, we feel sure that enforcing models of development from outside won't lead to any good. We have seen examples of that in the post-Soviet space, in the Middle East and in Africa.

    We hope that the alliance will observe its political and legal commitments in terms of military restraint when deciding on the deployment of the bases, and in particular the commitment not to deploy considerable combat forces in new member states.

    The end goal is the creation of an independent, viable Palestinian state living side by side with Israel in peace and security.

    One can speak of sanctions only after the appearance of concrete facts proving that Iran is not engaged exclusively in peaceful nuclear activities.

    In particular, its chief questioned the acceptance of humanitarian aid from Russia during a press conference, saying that the survivors did not need all the items from the cargo.

    We are convinced that the settlement of this problem should in no way lead to the emergence of a new hotbed of tension and further destabilization in the Middle East.

    The purpose for this act is obvious -- attempting to disrupt the situation in a country that serves as a leader in the Arab world and to undermine the situation in the Middle East as a whole.

    The dangerous outburst of violence with numerous fatalities may kill off the sprouts of confidence that have emerged between the two sides in the course of the Israeli withdrawal from Gaza and parts of the West Bank and may endanger prospects for further progress toward a settlement.

    The Russian side has presented the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia with the necessary package of documents, on the basis of which the tribunal should decide to free Milosevic for a trip to Russia for treatment. Moreover, Milosevic himself has given the tribunal guarantees that he will return to The Hague immediately following the completion of his treatment.

    In the documents given to the Russian side by the Volcker Commission, there is no base of evidence, and they (the documents) could not be the basis for starting an investigation. Moreover, individual materials give doubts as to their authenticity.

    Only the Council is authorized to make binding decisions on suspending cooperation with a state in any sphere.

    The arms export control system we have developed is one of the strictest and most reliable in the world. It rules out any possibility of misuse of weapons.

    Sanctions could only be discussed when evidence is provided that Iran is pursuing not only peaceful work in the nuclear field.

    It is difficult not to regard this incident as an attempt by some Ukrainian forces to aggravate the situation surrounding the Black Sea Fleet through various provocations.

    We are convinced that neither sanctions nor the path of force will lead to a resolution of the problem.

    The adoption of a commitment on ending cooperation with this or that state in some sphere lies exclusively in the competence of the UN Security Council. Up to now, the Security Council has taken no decision on ending cooperation with Iran in nuclear energy.

    Georgia is a sovereign state that decides on its own in what organization it should be represented.

    In this handwritten letter, Slobodan Milosevic speaks about an inadequate treatment conducted by doctors of the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia and is again asking for Russian support in getting permission for undergoing therapy at a medical facility in Moscow.

    For the first time, Russia and China had an opportunity to discuss any themes in their relations without looking back on inherited problems. No serious political problems between our countries have remained, capable of causing major difficulties in bilateral relations.

    The statements made by the Polish head of state concerning relations with Russia have not gone unnoticed. One has to agree with the Polish president in stating the importance of these ties and with his desire for their improvement in every way. We also share the hope expressed in Warsaw that Russian-Polish relations may develop in a positive way on the basis of pragmatism and respect for each other's interests in the year ahead.

    We expect Slovakia to join in the creation of four common Russia-EU spaces and the enhancement of cooperation with NATO to face new threats and challenges. We are planning to exchange opinions on the situation in Iraq, Afghanistan, the Balkans and the Commonwealth of Independent States.

    We would like to hope that Tehran will show readiness for the most serious cooperation.


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