Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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When (Christopher) travels to the Balkans late next week and into the following week, he'll be making his point personally. And by then we expect that all prisoners will have been released.
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While not formally part of the NPT regime, India has demonstrated a strong commitment to protect fissile materials and nuclear technology...India has resisted proposal for nuclear cooperation with nuclear aspirants that could have had adverse implications for international security,
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We are working with a wide range of countries, not just the EU-3, but all the members of the IAEA and a lot of other countries around the world, to try to create an environment where the Iranians hear one message,
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We are working very hard on this agreement on both sides. We have great respect for Indian colleagues with whom we are working, we have been active now for 11 months and there have been unique negotiations, very challenging. But there is a goodwill by both governments, and a commitment by President Bush to see this through towards a conclusion.
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We will have to be a little patient and see where the situation leads us this evening,
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It's the obligation of the Serb and Serbia-Montenegrin government to find these people and to arrest them,
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That is a signal both to the United States and to the rest of the international community that this move by the Indian government is permanent. It's going to be sustainable and it's not going to be taken back.
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That remains our plan. And I've been in touch with the Indian government this week. I expect to be in touch with them in the coming days, and we hope to reach that goal.
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None of the participants have a veto power and certainly the sponsors of the talks do not have the veto power, ... Compromise will be the basis for the solution.
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It's clear the situation in the Middle East remains dangerous and requires intensive and productive efforts.
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It is the strong hope of the United States that Japan will decide to maintain its troops in Iraq beyond December of this year,
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It's a waiver authority ... We are not seeking relief from US law for any country in the world except India and we don't anticipate putting any country forward. So it is India specific.
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It is our judgment there is life left in the diplomatic process.
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It is very important that as we go along, we meet the commitments made to each other. And that we not move the goalposts or, as we say in American English, raise the bar.