We must continue to do the utmost to avoid war in Macedonia. This is a crucial week ... We hope we will be able to resolve these constitutional difficulties.

I hope that will not be necessary,

The war in Iraq can be averted and the responsibility is basically on the side of Saddam Hussein.

in order to support a diplomatic, political solution that we very much hope will come alive in coming days at the meetings taking place.

I very much hope that common sense and intelligence will prevail and an agreement will be reached in the coming days,

I don't think this is the moment to do sanctions, and I do think the sanctions may contribute to the opposite that we want to obtain, which is defusing of the crisis,