To help break through this logjam, Lajos found and selected a local patent attorney -- in the same time zone, speaking the same language -- to work with his staff.
He said: "A clear violation was committed by the rebels to [UN] resolution 1973 relating to the no-fly zone". Speaking in Brussels, the commander of the Nato operation, Lt Gen Charles Bouchard, said that air strikes were also targeting government ammunition bunkers and lines of communication.
In 2013, the newly appointed head of Qeshm free trade zone spoke of "a vast loose financial mafia" that had been "looting the island's riches en masse".
Finance ministers from the euro zone spoke out for their slumping currency today, saying that central bank intervention to bolster its value was an option.
One of the most curious elements of the fighting and the cease-fire period has been that while Georgians in the capital called for the Russian Army to leave, many survivors of the looting and intimidation in the conflict zone spoke highly of the Russians, saying they helped keep looting in check.
Mid-career professionals share with me that they have so much fear and resistance around making change, particularly if it means they have to stretch out of their comfort zone, speak up and stand up for themselves.
A team today may comprise people who live in different cities, in different time zones, speak in different tongues and are products of widely differing cultures.
"We have no guarantee that the help is over in four years," said one euro zone minister, speaking on condition of anonymity.
In the Middle East, the Gulf Cooperation Council has already endorsed a no-flight zone, and speaking in Washington, a representative of the Arab League said it was expected to support the idea as well.
One euro zone official, speaking on the condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the issue, said there was a growing sentiment that Greece needed to accept the tough conditions laid down by international lenders if it was to receive a second bailout.
"And how long will taxpayers in the donor countries be willing and able to finance such grand political-economic experiments?" A euro zone official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said, "Germany doesn't seem ready yet to swallow that pill, so it just made no sense to have a meeting that would put pressure on them".
