Christopher Hill
Christopher Hill
terrible
It's been very difficult. It's been a terrible strain.
hard optimistic
It's hard to be optimistic or pessimistic at this point. It hasn't started,
abandon clear existing good itself laid nuclear plan treaty
It is very clear that we have laid out the plan by which the DPRK must first abandon its weapons, abandon all its existing nuclear programs, get itself back into the (nuclear) Non-proliferation Treaty in good standing,
agreement clear
It is very clear in the agreement what they need to do,
bulb energy korean light north nuclear related result turned understand
It is very important to understand that all the North Korean nuclear energy programs, up to now, all of them have been related to weapons. Not a light bulb has been turned on as a result of the nuclear reactors in North Korea.
agreement days good momentum seize weeks
It's a good agreement for all of us. We have to see what comes in the days and weeks ahead. We have to seize the momentum of this.
pace pick
We are going to have to pick up the pace if we are going to get there,
agreement aware whether
We are not aware of whether at the end we will have an agreement or disagreement. We still don't know,
best decided talks
We decided the best thing to do is to put the talks into recess.
decided time
We decided it was time to end it and go to recess, with the idea that they can go back and think about what they've been told, which is, they're not going to get a light-water reactor,
again forward governor touch
We've been in touch with Governor Richardson and we look forward to being in touch with him again on his return.
deal good
We have a pretty good deal on the table.
decided draft recess whether
Whether we have a draft that everyone agrees on, or whether it's decided that there should be a recess of some kind, we don't know yet,
agreement days depend helps large measure solve weeks whether
Whether this agreement helps solve this will depend in large measure on what we do in the days and weeks that follow.