Christopher Hill
Christopher Hill
besides discussed meetings plan purpose sure
I don't have any plan because meetings should have a purpose and we've already discussed our positions. So I'm not sure of the purpose to have a meeting, besides (that) I'm in Tokyo.
further meetings
I don't have any further six-party meetings planned, to my knowledge.
additional capacity develop difficult expensive extremely good meet nuclear projects proposal reason
So if this is about energy, we've got a very good proposal for that. This would really meet their capacity needs. We don't see any reason to go and develop additional capacity, especially through such very difficult and extremely expensive projects as nuclear energy.
absolutely good meeting position purpose understood
The purpose of the meeting was to make sure, make absolutely sure, that we understood what their position is and what our position is, ... In that regard, I thought it was a very, very good meeting.
fund meeting neither prepared states united
I must say it was a meeting in which we did not make a lot of progress. Neither the United States or any other participant is prepared to fund a light-water reactor.
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.