74 Quotes by Dennis Ross

At this moment, the differences are too difficult to overcome, ... We need more time to work them out.

Do we have a lot of work to be done? Yes. Are we committed to what we can do to help the parties overcome these difficulties? Yes. Based on the discussions I have had, I see the potential for progress.

They agreed that in addition to the negotiations that have resumed on the interim committees that they should see this kind of resumption of contacts on all levels between the two sides, including between the leaders.

They acquire a kind of a momentum and we have to blunt that. I would like to see the president talk much more about those kinds of stakes because this is a way to explain what we're contending with, what we're fighting.

The work is going very well, and ... I hope and expect that we will conclude an agreement shortly thereafter.

These cards have not exactly given Syria a very strong hand, ... The more the regime has tried to play the cards, the weaker they've become.

President Clinton made it clear he is prepared to get them together again if he is satisfied there's a readiness to make decisions.

Our concepts are still basically the same, but we have made some modifications and that's what I've been going over with the leaders today,

Not withstanding the unique confluence of circumstances, he (Arafat) was not able to take advantage of that opportunity,