Punctuating quotations - 2

British style guides require the period inside; American style guides require the period in the location that relates to the actual stop (i.e., inside if it is part of Obama's speech and outside if it is a part of the matrix sentence.)

Or I may have those guidelines reversed. Anyway, I use the latter.

If we go the American way, and further suppose that the President's sentence didn't end there, is this correct?

The President clearly said that "...there will not be any further talks on this issue unless a consensus is arrived at...." <-- Ellipsis + Period

Ellipsis + period is 4 dots, but if the sentence does not end, I would put the period outside. Still, I think that most editors would eliminate both ellipses as unnecessary.

arrived at". - British style.
arrived at." - American style.

In personal writing I believe either style is fine. Wait until you publish something, and then follow the style recommended by the publisher.

CJ

When I looked at this last time, I think I found that the style in several national British newspapers (at least) is to put the period inside if the quote that ends the sentence is a complete sentence in itself, otherwise outside. Your example seems like a complete sentence, so the period would go inside. On the other hand, in the following, the period would go outside:

The presid