Bill Clinton: “I think, yes, they're ready politically and ready economically in terms of what's--like the Paris Club membership. But I…”

“I think, yes, they're ready politically and ready economically in terms of what's--like the Paris Club membership. But I think there are still some things that the old G-7 have to do that it wouldn't even be fair to ask Russia to participate in, like this Chernobyl thing that I just mentioned. So there will be a smaller and smaller role for the seven as we go forward, and a bigger and bigger role--basically, this time we had a Summit of the Eight, with a small, little afterthought for what the seven still had to do to clean up our old business. But I think that, with great prosperity, I think you'll see any last little dividing line blurring. Yes, sir. These three gentlemen there are fine. Just take them in any order.”