The statement offered no other details on the two leaders' discussion of the gulf situation.

But the statement offered no specific military or other assistance.

The statement said the case was under investigation but offered no further information.

It always has gathered strength from the motivation the statement offered.

But the statement did not offer a full accounting of how Wallenberg had died.

The statement did not offer any particular timeline for when these changes would be made.

The statement should offer clues to the current financial health of the sponsor.

But to people throughout the city these days, such statements offer little comfort.

Any complete statement about motives will offer some kind of answers to these five questions.

The statement offered no details, and it was not clear if the soldiers would face any sort of discipline.