Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman continues to promote firm foreign policies and has asked Israel's ambassadors around the world to align themselves with him. On Thursday, the foreign minister concluded an ambassadors' conference held in Jerusalem saying:" In the acceptable codes of the Middle East, concepts such as 'national pride' have a very important value. I have seen some ambassadors who identify with the place in which they serve so much that they keep trying to explain the other side. This is the wrong approach. The time of groveling is over, we will not look for pretexts for conflict or friction, but we will not turn the other cheek."