Bill Clinton actually said...

I hope very much that this development will create an opportunity for terminating the military phase of the Russian operation in Chechnya an...

We are very, very grateful for it.

I think it was certainly a good idea to extend the meeting next year to other former Soviet states, and indeed other states as well.

There has been too much reliance on violence and force, including on the part of the Russian government and the Russian armed forces.