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That is not the fault of Italy's excellent diplomats; it is the fault of its politicians, who should be setting policy and then seeing that it can be carried out, but tend instead to play political games in Rome.

For a statement written by diplomats, it is extraordinarily blunt.

According to Western diplomats, it is the most dangerous city in Brazil.

Later, Shaath told a meeting with foreign diplomats it would be "immoral" for their countries to oppose the statehood resolution.

To some diplomats, it was almost as if Israel tailored the attack to suit Mr. Bush's well-known concerns.

Ten years earlier, in May 1996, Russia expelled four British diplomats it claimed were running a spy ring.

"This is not North Korea," concedes that senior western diplomat, "it's not even Turkmenistan".

In the words of one diplomat, "it was as if the energy had been sucked out of him".

Otherwise, says one diplomat, it will once more destabilise the region.

For the EU, says one diplomat, "It is a face-saving operation now.

Instead, says Mr Pang, a former diplomat, it highlights what he calls "a poverty of thought" in China today.