If the money is given to the Afghan government, the conference will have no more positive effect than any of the previous ones. It will only serve to show that the international community did not forget Afghanistan.

If the international community wants to give its money to the Afghan government, first of all they should appoint honest and patriotic people to the government. The present administration is totally corrupt. If the money is handed over to them, they are the only ones who will ever see it.

During the past four years the NGOs have spent grant money without consulting anyone. There was no legal government in existence.

The end of quantitative easing will definitely be yen positive. Government bond yields are going to rise and that increases the attraction of the yen.

We will not earn any more money from the charter of these three vessels to the government than we would have by operating them according to our post-Katrina plan. However, there is a possibility that we could earn a little bit less.

When the money from the federal government comes through, the amount will drop,