But that's kind of the context in which this discussion was being had, because it was so much a buzz saw in New York that this plan couldn't goforward despite the fact that he seems to be in a very strong position.
"I think they have to understand that we have a schedule that is going to goforward, " said Secretary of State Madeleine Albright, referring to the U.S. plan to expand NATO.
"We hope that there will not be any fundamental changes in our plan with the IMF because we will summon them in January so we resume discussions to goforward in the matter of the loan, " Mr Qandil said.