As a military commander we are behind the threat in that country,

We will have the same basic military situation at a higher and higher level of armament which I don't think does a lot of good for anybody and certainly doesn't foster the sort of peaceful resolution of the issues there which we want to maintain,

The declaration also outlines specific areas of U.K.-French military cooperation such as shared use of military transport assets and developing further our close cooperation on defense requirements,

Unless there is a recommendation that comes forward from our military commanders that they require more troops, we don't provide them,

military planning is well under way in NATO, with the full support of EU member states, in case diplomacy alone proves inadequate.

He has steered his country through a most difficult and painful transition ... We now look forward to the presidential elections when the Russian people will decide on Boris Yeltsin's successor and take a further step towards embedding the democratic process.