Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
balkans expect following late next point prisoners travels week
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.
final issues longer resolve several
There are issues that we have to resolve before we can have a final agreement. That may take some time.... I don't know how much longer it will take. It could take several days. We have to see how it happens.
leads patient situation
We will have to be a little patient and see where the situation leads us this evening,
john washington
John is working very hard, hand-in-glove with Washington on this.
appear outside proven system
To consign it (India) to a place outside that system did not appear to be strategically wise, and has not proven effective,
abnormal entities frankly life national situation
What you have now, 10 years after Dayton is, frankly speaking, an abnormal situation with the tri-presidency and with the entities controlling so much of the national life of this country,
anyone country dispute future heart huge major nato question resolved within
I don't think anyone would take a country into NATO that had a major territorial dispute within it, in the heart of it, that had not resolved this huge question on the future of Kosovo, ... I don't think there's any possibility of that happening.
destroy five gave iraqi pardon tried
He gave a pardon to his son-in-law and then had him executed. He tried to make up with the Iraqi Kurds five years ago, and then tried to destroy them.
define historic kosovo opportunity people
There is a historic opportunity for the people of Kosovo now to define their own future,
deal great problem resolved states united
There is a great deal of frustration in the United States that this problem has not been resolved after such a long time.
additional both deal israelis movement remains work
There is no deal yet, and there remains the need for additional movement and additional work by both the Israelis and Palestinians before there can be a deal.
relationship relationships
There is more of a relationship (between Netanyahu and Arafat) now than there was before,
advise clear congress deal good judgment prepared states united
We're prepared for that debate. We will advise the Congress that it is our very clear judgment that this is a good deal for the United States as well as for India.
global maintain position power
If we're to maintain our position as a global power, we need a power like India.