We hope that the current political and diplomatic efforts will be successful, ... would have very negative effects.

Russia believes one cannot talk about failed diplomatic efforts or reach a verdict before Kofi Annan goes to Baghdad himself.

We condemn the United States, and nobody should doubt our negative attitude,

We are categorically against the use of force against Yugoslavia, ... We believe that political levers to influence the situation are far from being exhausted yet.

We must do everything, apply everything, apply every diplomatic, every political pressure so that the U.N. is successful that the inspectors are let into the country again and that we know exactly what weapons Saddam Hussein owns,

Measures are being considered against Yugoslavia. We are against these measures, but at the same time, there will be an exceptionally important meeting with Milosevic,