Lubkivsky said that while the interim government in Kiev wants to seek a diplomatic solution to the standoff in eastern Ukraine, it is prepared to use force if Russia and pro-Russian militants continue what he described as their aggressive moves.
More broadly, it may be that both sides, like a pair of exhausted boxers, are ready to seek a way out of their futile 12-year standoff.
Both sides have said they seek a comprehensive deal that would end the decade-long standoff over Iran's nuclear program.
The death of the second Indian, an Oglala Lakota, Buddy Lamont, prompted many Oglala to seek an end to the standoff.
"They're not seeking a new superpower standoff around the world," Hackard said.
For its part, South Korea repeated that it was seeking a diplomatic resolution to the standoff.
National government officials have said they are seeking a peaceful resolution to the standoff in Zamboanga City, but on Thursday a presidential spokesman, Edwin Lacierda, said the use of force remained an option in light of the attack on Basilan.
Remember that you're seeking a solution, not a hostile standoff.
The agreement on a new measure in the state budget seeks to resolve a standoff between the Bloomberg administration and the United Federation of Teachers about how to assess the performance of public school teachers, as required by a 2010 state law.
