Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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Every country in these meetings said that some type of action had to be taken. All of us want to take one collective, multilateral action in New York at the Security Council.
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There's no way anybody from the outside can comment publicly and criticize the actions of our government midstream in a negotiation.
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This action was an outrageous violation of the Vienna Convention.
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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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Our judgement is that it would not be wise or fair to ask Congress to make such a consequential decision without evidence that the Indian government was acting on what is arguably the most important of its commitments--the separation of its civilian and military facilities
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We hoped they (Chinese officials) would be aggressive in acting to halt the sales, ... but I can't say I have any evidence.
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We have to respect the prerogatives of Congress but we are suggesting India-specific amendments to the Atomic Energy Act of 1954.
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The actions India committed to undertake are difficult, complex and time consuming,
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India is not going to formally join the entire apparatus. But it will begin to bring responsible practice in accordance with that regime. That's a step forward for the US and for non-proliferation.
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India is a major power in Asia... one of our critical partners, not just in South Asia but in Asia.
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These two individuals are standing in the way of Serbia's progress with NATO and the United States as well as with Europe.
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I just can't talk about what ideas we may be considering. We want to have some quiet diplomacy the next couple of days.
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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.