George Robertson
George Robertson
air campaign cleansing ethnic exacting heavy president price remains repressive resolution succeeding
NATO's air campaign in succeeding in weakening (Yugoslav President Slobodan) Milosevic 's repressive capability, and we are exacting a heavy price for his ethnic cleansing activity, ... NATO's resolution remains unshakable.
assumed collective moment nations nato toward
NATO nations have assumed their collective responsibilities toward Turkey, a nation at the moment under threat.
countries mean missions nato
NATO missions mean that the countries in NATO should be involved.
carry changes consider create fights-and-fighting lead matters nato premature prepared problems risk vacuum
NATO is prepared to consider such changes if it will not create a vacuum or lead to new fighting, and is part of a settlement to the problems in the region, ... Premature changes, however, carry the risk of only making matters worse.
affect changes early exactly identify
It is too early to identify exactly how the changes in Yugoslavia will affect the region.
campaign casualties despite occur size
then this is, of course, regrettable. But as we've always said: Despite all our efforts, such casualties will occur in a campaign of this size and complexity.
capacity damaging guard key means republican target threaten
Damaging the Republican Guard means damaging (Hussein's) capacity to threaten his neighbors. It is a key target for us,
basis cooperation create dialogue moscow progress
create a new and substantial basis for progress in the dialogue and cooperation between Moscow and NATO.
allow ball cease court deliver dialogue fire firmly government help order political
The ball is now firmly in the court of the Macedonian government to deliver on the political dialogue and the cease fire in order to allow NATO's help to come into effect,
community continued display encourage financial hardly help looking moscow next week
A continued disunity ... on display in Moscow would hardly encourage the financial community next week when they are looking to financially help Russia,
delivered nato obligation watching
The world is watching and the politicians know they have an obligation that they must fulfil. NATO has delivered -- it is now up to the parliamentarians to deliver again.
alliance course developing due plans
The U.S. is still developing its thinking, ... They will come back to the alliance in due course when their plans are crystallized.
beds certainly result sleep sounder
They will certainly not sleep any sounder in their beds as the result of today's action.
critical fact handing involved issue rebels weapons
It is the fact that the (ethnic Albanian rebels are) handing over these weapons and disbanding as organisation. That is the critical issue involved here today.