Our two countries are friends and allies.

I would tell them that they were over there fighting ultimately for a peace to take place.

We are keeping up very closely with events, and we are doing our best to try to bring the conflict to a peaceful conclusion.

I think it's important for me to have the opportunity to meet and discuss this.

I'm very, very impressed with the role that Sweden has been playing.

Today I reaffirmed to President Kim America's unyielding commitment to South Korea's security.

I am honored to return his gracious hospitality today by welcoming him to our White House.

We have offered as clearly as we could to North Korea the opportunity to reassess our relationships.

I can only reiterate what I said when I was in Korea.

That has to begin by a willingness on the part of North Korea to allow the inspections and to resume the dialog.

I have nothing to say other than what I said at the APEC meeting about that.

I think he will always try to encourage the parties to sit down and resolve their differences collectively together.

I want to welcome President Fidel Ramos of the Philippines to Washington.

Our two nations have enjoyed warm relations for almost a century now.

I believe that my meeting today with President Jiang established our determination to build on the positive aspects of our existing relations and to address far more candidly and personally than we have in the past the problems that remain…

I believe we are generally in agreement that we should attempt to use this forum to broaden trade and deepen understanding.

We will strive to realize this objective of the Convention.

Our policy is to try to engage China but to be very firm with the human rights issues.