Bill Clinton

Thank God they live in the past and their support dwindles.

Your faith and tolerance are making a new era of peace possible.

Your work is the world's work.

I think it's important to answer your question of what happened from the point of view of the Russian people and then from the point of view of the American people.

We can help them if they make the right decisions.

The U.S. and Russia remain committed to jointly building an enduring peace based upon the principles of democracy and the indivisibility of security.

We support the strong non-governmental ties that have developed between our citizens.

We declare that terrorism in all its forms and manifestations, irrespective of its motives, is utterly unacceptable.

My belief that Russian-U.S. relations have promising prospects has been supported by the agreements we have made in the security and foreign policy areas.

We agreed to take the following actions, which help build investor and consumer confidence.

U.S.-Russian commercial space ventures are already generating thousands of high-tech jobs in the U.S. and Russia.

Cooperation between the U.S. and Russia will be of the greatest import in the twenty-first century for promoting prosperity and strengthening security throughout the world.

For the Government of the United States of America: William J. Clinton

But if the basic framework is not in place, as a friend I say, I do not believe that you can defy the rules of the road in today's global economy anymore than I could defy the laws of gravity by stepping off the top floor of Spaso House.

I have great confidence that the people of this great nation can move through this present difficult moment to continue and complete the astonishing process of democratization and modernization.

I reaffirmed America's strong view that Russia can move beyond today's crisis and create growth and good jobs.

Russia is important to America.

We recognize the importance of protecting U.S. and Russian sensitive technologies in our commercial and governmental joint space efforts.

We are declaring our firm commitment to intensifying negotiations toward early completion of the Biological Weapons Convention Protocol.

I support President Yeltsin's commitment in that regard.

The humanitarian crisis has the potential of being a humanitarian catastrophe.

The U.S. wants to be supportive of Russia, wants Russia to succeed, but that such support only makes sense if it's clear that Russia is going forward on reform.

Urgent measures should be taken promptly to prevent humanitarian catastrophe in Kosovo.

We express our firm commitment to global prohibition of biological weapons and for full and effective compliance by all States Parties with the Convention prohibiting such weapons.

I am proud of what America and Russia have achieved together in reducing the threat of nuclear war and in cooperating in areas like Bosnia.