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.
exhausted general opposition patience point public purpose security whose
Patience has been exhausted and we need to see a pullback of the (Serbian) security forces, whose only purpose at this point that we can see is to be in opposition to the general public there.
days main purpose three touch weeks
The purpose of these three weeks is to be in touch and be ready, because I would like this to be shorter than 13 days so we can get on to the main event, which is negotiations,
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.
operating purpose time turn
What is the purpose of operating it at this point? ... The time to turn it off would be about now.
government sent states united washington
We have sent it back to Washington and the United States government will look into it very carefully.
progress rock rolling slip
There has been progress in this (so far) and we don't want to have that progress slip away. ... We've been rolling this rock up the hillside and we don't want it to roll all the way back down.
agreement compensate expect freeze prepared programs separate situation stop
We're not prepared to make a separate agreement for them to freeze programs. We don't want to get into a situation where they stop the programs - in short, freeze the programs, and then expect us to compensate them for a freeze.
believe good needs package table
We think there has been a very good package on the table and we believe the DPRK needs to look very carefully,
believe good needs package table
We think there has been a very good package on the table and we believe the D.P.R.K. needs to look very carefully.
diplomatic interest problem solve
Why are they so single-minded? We want to solve this problem diplomatically, but everyone has to have an interest in doing this through diplomatic means.
korea needs north nuclear
What North Korea needs to do is get out of the nuclear business.
abandon believe cannot nuclear pretends programs situation
We cannot have a situation where the DPRK pretends to abandon its nuclear programs and we pretend to believe them,
cannot confusion create lead next stage
We cannot create ambiguities at this stage that could lead to confusion in the next phase.