Quotable notes

"Our position is that it would not be desirable for President Kuchma to come to Prague, and that position remains unchanged. We have not invited the Ukrainian president to take part in the session of the Euro-Atlantic Partnership Council. ...Not only that, but NATO Secretary-General George Robertson recently spoke to Leonid Kuchma by telephone and told him directly that it would be better if he did not come to Prague."

- NATO spokesman Yves Brodeur, speaking on November 16 with the ITAR-TASS news agency as he was queried about the Ukrainian president's attendance at the Prague summit.

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