61.   Western diplomats expressed concern on Thursday about the continuing tensions and said that the Council may decide to issue a formal statement later in the day.

62.   Nevertheless, diplomats here express cautious optimism that negotiators will succeed in reaching a compromise agreement in order to avoid a damaging trade war.

63.   NATO diplomats have privately expressed relief the air campaign stopped, as it eased tensions within the alliance and with Russia.

64.   Nevertheless, diplomats here have expressed cautious optimism that negotiators will succeed in reaching a compromise agreement in order to avoid a damaging trade war.

65.   One western diplomat expressed concern Tuesday that the executive and legislative branches of the Russian government were silent.

66.   The diplomats expressed differing levels of concern about the sabre-rattling by Beijing over recent steps by Taipei seen as enlarging its political identity.

67.   The diplomat expressed frank skepticism about the new Bosnian belligerence.