Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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The situation has changed fundamentally on the ground, certainly this week, but I think in general over the last couple of months in Bosnia, ... If the Bosnian Serbs felt at one time they could achieve a military victory in this conflict, they certainly don't believe that today and no one else does either.
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I think if you look at American foreign policy worldwide, the greatest change you will see in the next three or four years is a new American focus on South Asia, particularly in establishing a closer strategic partnership with India. It will be the area of greatest dynamic positive change in American foreign policy.
changed perception
What has changed in the 1990s is a changed perception of the world,
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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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agreement to a timetable that will lead to decisions in the US Congress to change our law and the ultimate decision of the Indian government to meet their commitments.
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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,
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We certainly were given an impression (during my last visit in June) that the arrest of general Mladic was imminent and it did not happen, so we have to judge the Serb government on its actions,
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We are very disappointed that general Mladic is not yet given up to the Hague,
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We are very clear in our administration ... this agreement has not changed. We are not adding any conditions that we expect the Indian government to meet,
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We think it's a highly significant appointment which ought to be welcomed by the detractors of our president's policy.
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We see a possibility of creating with India one of the two or three or four strategic relationships we have with anyone in the world.
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I've pledged to all of my Japanese interlocutors over the last two days that we would work with them over the next several months to see if it's possible to fashion a plan that would receive General Assembly support in New York, so that Japan could enter the Security Council as a permanent member,
point positive
It was the only positive development I can point to.