12/09/1999
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"I applaud your democratic reforms."
"Your economic success will depend upon your own efforts."
"I want to be an equal partner, because I believe this is a very great nation and that the world, the whole world, and particularly Europe has a real interest in seeing Russia succeed."
"I am completely comfortable with the agreements that we have made and with the understandings between both Russia and Ukraine about how it will be handled."