Secondly, I was involved in a diplomatic crisis all day.

You were trying to handle a diplomatic crisis with a hostile regime in a combustible region internally?

The current diplomatic crisis, too, is an opportunity toensure that transatlantic discussions about privacy andsurveillance reverberate in a multilateral setting; seizing itwould represent a small but significant contribution to thestrategic vision that has been sorely lacking for the lastquarter-century.

The New Zealand Government has a very strong preference for a diplomatic solution to this crisis.

These problems were solved without publicity and without creating international embarrassment — notably the case of a Polish seaman who jumped ship and took refuge on board a United States destroyer, nearly sparking off a diplomatic crisis between Singapore and the United States of America which Mr. Tharoor defused.

These problems were solved without publicity and without creating international embarrassment — notably the case of a Polish seaman who jumped ship and took refuge on board a United States destroyer, nearly sparking off a diplomatic crisis between Singapore and the United States of America which Mr. Tharoor defused.

It was also vital to ensure that the local population understood and appreciated the positive aims pursued by diplomats, especially in crisis and conflict zones.

We strongly call on all parties concerned to exercise the utmost restraint and maintain calm and to resolve the current crisis through diplomatic means.

Despite all such violent and unlawful Israeli actions, the Palestinian leadership has continued to exert efforts to diplomatically address the prevailing crisis and to call for calm.

(Israeli Prime Minister on TV) Yes, Israel is moving ahead and we continue to make every effort for a diplomatic solution to this crisis.