Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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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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This was an extraordinarily difficult process, ... This is not the end of the reform effort, it really is the beginning of a permanent reform effort that must be under way at the United Nations.
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We are convinced that this deal is in our national interest. And the greatest advantage is that it takes a country that is outside the international non-proliferation regime and begins to bring it ... into conformity with the practices of that regime,
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Part of the purpose of my visit to Delhi this week is to work with the Indian government on a plan that would separate the civil and military nuclear states of India over the coming years, ... Once that plan has been clearly enunciated and once it has been committed to by the Indian government and we begin to see its implementation, it will be a short time before the U.S. Congress enacts the necessary legislative changes to bring this into being, and that will be a welcome moment, indeed.
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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.
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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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The job we have is to be a good friend of Ukraine and support the reforms and to encourage private investment and have them work with us on the security issues that are so important for the world,
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the message from my government to the Haitian government is that they need to work with much greater speed and much greater efficiency in organizing these elections.
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We welcome the United Nations in the United States. We want the U.N. to stay, and the U.N. is going to stay.
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We implore the parties to these negotiations not to use intimidation or the threat of violence, or violence itself as a tactic in the negotiations,