Statements after Powell & Ivanov meeting in Washington.

(18 May 2001) 1. ws Ivanov and Powell enter 2. cutaway press 3. SOUNDBITE: "I've spoken to leaders around the region and what we need now more than anything else is unconditional sessasion of violence on the part of all. Then things can start to happen. Then we can start to put in place security coordination, meathods and mechanisms to keep it down and to get it going down and down and down. Then we can begin confidence building measures and the building of connections so the level of trust is built up. And when that level of trust starts to take hold again and there's a cease fire for some period of time, a cooling off period, then we can get back to negotiation." 4. ms Powell 5. SOUNDBITE: "We're exploring ways to talk with one another at a variety of levels. The minister had a suggestion of two working groups, we're examining that suggestion to see how that might be structured or other means of struturing dialogue, so that we can get to the heart of the issue with respect to the threat as we see it, the threat as the Russian side sees it, and the role that the various arms control agreements of the last 30 years play in the current strategic framework and what might be appropriate in the 21st century." 6. ws Ivanov 7. SOUNDBITE: "In order to support something or not support something it's necessary to know what we're talking about. And it's precicely with this aim in mind that we are holding very active consultations in order to be able to assess the capabilities of what kind of IBM system we're talking about. What is the content, what is it aimed at? This is really the substance of the consultations. Naturally today the world is not the world that existed 30 years ago, naturally today we're up against the international community, new threats that have appeared and naturally it's only together complimenting each other the international community can find solutions. What we're trying to do is together to define what kind of threats we're talking about, what kind of challenges, what kind of means and measures we have at our disposal to find solutions. This is really what we're talking about today." 8. Wisde shot presser STORYLINE: President George W. Bush and Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed Friday to hold a summit in Slovenia in mid-June and launched immediate talks designed to thrash out their differences on an anti-missile defense and nuclear weapons cutbacks. Two U.S. and Russian working groups began their deliberations at the State Department a few hours after Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov delivered to Bush at the White House a letter from Putin pledging a constructive relationship. They will focus on Bush's hopes for an anti-missile defense, which Moscow vehemently opposes as a threat to arms control measures, and potential reductions in U.S. and Russian nuclear arsenals. Colin Powell, the U.S Secretary of State, said 30 years of arms control agreements would be under discussion. This includes the 1972 Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, which Bush has declared a Cold War relic that should not inhibit a quest for an anti-missile defense. The smiling foreign minister, speaking in Russian, avoided any criticism of the Bush administration or pointed reference to the disagreements that have roiled relations between Washington and Moscow. Powell said the talks that began late Friday would cover all elements of U.S. and Russian strategic concepts. The summit will be Bush's first with Putin and his most significant meeting with a foreign leader since assuming the presidency in January. Find out more about AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/HowWeWork Twitter:   / ap_archive   Facebook:   / aparchives   ​​ Instagram:   / apnews   You can license this story through AP Archive: http://www.aparchive.com/metadata/you...