Ladies and gentlemen last summer i was in, going from india to japan and i stopped in singapore to meet with what people refer to as the Henry Kissinger of the far east. A fellow a lot of you know of equal on you someone that most foreignpforeignp olicy experts note and almost every world leader has sought his opinion. He was kind enough to meet me in his home because he has written and spoken a great deal about the future of india, china, russia and the United States. I sat with him. He is 90 some years old now and i sat with him and his home. He is somewhat frail but he still has an incredibly crisp and sharp mind. In the middle of our discussion i turned to him and i said to him, i said mr. President what is china doing now and literally meaning what is the progress going on . I know president she because i have spent more time with him than any other leader i believe and i think eve knowledges and i was trying to figure out where is china likely to go . He looked at me and he said
Are therefore urging all sides to exercise maximum restraint and appeal to those with grievances to voice them peacefully so as to avoid bloodshed. We call for all parties to expect respect ukraines sovereignty. Secretarygeneral once again calls on those responsible for the capture and detention of military monitors and the Company Ukrainian staff to release them immediately, unconditionally, and unharmed. Statecretarygeneral of says this is the only way out of the crisis and both sides must redouble their efforts to revitalize the spirit of compromise during the geneva talks. You,ly, it as i informed given the deteriorating situation in the country, the secretarygeneral has asked me to go back to key of next week. Kiev next week. Immediate return to dialogue. Thank you. I want to thank him for his briefing. I give the floor to the members of the Security Council. I give the floor to the representative of the Russian Federation. Thank you, mr. President. The russian elevate ,elegation
By a Panel Discussion on ukraine with former russian german and polish officials. In 1997 my daughter hillary and i have for hillary in my own family, then it presents senior majoring in politics pics nato as her thesis topic. She called her mom then in my third term in congress to get my assessment. So i had to really think about it. Nato expansion have been agreed upon and in 1994 brussels declaration and there was real enthusiasm certainly in the United States congress. The senate voted 8919. Thats a very initial vote these days in 1998 to ratify the addition of three countries to nato poland hungary and the check republic. 16 countries have now been added through six rounds of enlargement since the end of the cold war. But there were also skeptics. Tom friedman the writer tom friedman who also is a former wilson scholar wrote an oped last month in which he quoted his 1998 interview with it then 94yearold george kennan. Said kennan, i think the russians will gradually react quite ad
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