Albright, Iceland's Asgrimsson Press Conference Sept. 30
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Office of the Spokesman
(Reykjavik, Iceland)
September 30, 2000
JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY OF STATE MADELEINE K. ALBRIGHT AND
FOREIGN MINISTER OF ICELAND HALLDOR ASGRIMSSON
Reykjavik, Iceland
September 30, 2000
QUESTION: I have a two-part question, the first one about Yugoslavia.
Do you believe that the Contact Group could or should move in the
coming days? Second question is about the Middle East. There are
clashes still going on today in Jerusalem and parts of the occupied
territories. Don't you believe this violence could harm or even
compromise the whole peace process in the region?
SECRETARY ALBRIGHT: Let me do the Middle East first. We are very
concerned about the violence that is taking place. It clearly is
counterproductive as far as moving on the peace process. I spoke
yesterday with Foreign Minister Shlomo Ben Ami as well as with
Chairman Arafat, and we spoke about the importance of restraint and
the danger of a cycle of violence developing. We are in a very
delicate stage in the talks and I think that it is very important that
this violence stop. I think that it is very counterproductive.
On Yugoslavia, I think that we are all in touch with each other, and
as I said I am about to speak to Foreign Minister Ivanov and I have
been speaking to the other members and you know, we are going to be in
Paris, so I can't answer the question specifically. We certainly are
all in contact with each other, but whether as a Contact Group we will
meet or not I am not sure. It is possible but I am not sure.
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