Christopher Hill
Christopher Hill
forward identify looking principles work
We are looking forward to getting things going as scheduled, ... What we really have to do is ... identify the way forward and see how the principles will actually work in practice.
ensure exactly full hard looking predict
We are looking for full compliance. We'd like to see full compliance. I don't want to predict when exactly we'll see it, but we are working very hard to ensure it.
charge check looking message money okay opportunity opposed send
Once you give us the okay for payment, we check to see that you have enough money in your account; and if you don't, we'll send you a message as opposed to looking at it as an opportunity to charge you for insufficient funds,
chinese given internal looking people react talking text
The Chinese have given us a text to react to, some ideas, so we're looking at those and having some internal discussions and talking with people in Washington,
ought span time
We got some things done, but it's not as much as I'd like and it's not going to get us there in the time span that we think we ought to get there,
although carried emphasis evolving position reluctant seem sort
We certainly, I think, have a better idea of what their position is, although I must tell you that their position does seem to be evolving a little. So I am sort of reluctant to put too much emphasis in the discussions that have been carried on through the press.
reach trying turns work
We are trying to work with it, ... We are trying to reach something with it. How this turns out we don't know yet.
currently parties process six
The six parties are currently in the process of evaluating where we are as right.
matter wrap
The sense is we should be able to wrap this up in a matter of days, not weeks,
korean north understand visitors
I understand we have some North Korean visitors here today.
create discussion korean subject time
First they have got to disarm, create a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, and once they are back in the NPT with IAEA safeguards, at an appropriate time we'll have a discussion about the subject of the provision of a light-water reactor.
create disarm korean
First, they have got to disarm (and) create a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.
agree designed maybe narrow point
really designed to narrow the differences and maybe, maybe even get to the point where we can really agree on something.
progress
we didn't make as much progress as we planned.