US concerns about the future of Yugoslavia. (excerpts from remarks by Secretary of State James Baker) (transcript)

First, I want to thank the Prime Minister, the Foreign Minister, and the respective Republic leaders for meeting with us on what was pretty short notice.

Let me say that we came to Yugoslavia because of our concern about the "crisis" the Minister just referred to, really, our concern about the dangers of a disintegration of this country. Instability and break-up of Yugoslavia, we think, could have some very tragic consequences, not only here, but more broadly, in Europe, as well.

We're obviously not alone in having these concerns. You heard the Minister mention the 34 other countries of the CSCE [Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe]. They have …