Is it your judgment that if the Security Council resolution that currently is being discussed were, in fact, to be favorably voted upon, that other countries, such as the ones I've mentioned or other European countries, and others who have these dealings, would feel bound to observe that?
Lugar questions the potential compliance of other countries with a Security Council resolution.
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