09/19/1997
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"This has been a very successful meeting."
"We hope that in the end all the people of Russia, including the people in Chechnya, can be reconciled so that your democracy can flourish everywhere and the cycle of violence can be broken."
"The United States has always said that Chechnya was a part of Russia and was ultimately a problem that had to be resolved by the people of your nation, consistent with your constitutional laws."
"There has been too much reliance on violence and force, including on the part of the Russian government and the Russian armed forces."