Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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We hope very much that this issue can be resolved very soon,
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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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We fully expect that the IAEA will refer this issue to the United Nations Security Council, where it should be,
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We would hope these issues could be resolved before President Bush visits Kyoto in just a couple of weeks time. We expect that will be the case but there's still some remaining hard work that needs to be done.
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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.
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I can tell you in Washington we have no better partner right now on most of these issues that occupy the Security Council... than the French government.
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All the major issues in these peace talks remain open issues and by that, I mean, there are still in some cases significant divisions, significant disagreements and significant gaps among the parties,
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We remind the Burundi government and security forces that respect for human rights and peaceful dialogue should be key elements in their efforts to re-establish security in the country.
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We remember what happened in March 2004, ... There is no place for that in U.N.-sponsored negotiations.
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What has changed in the 1990s is a changed perception of the world,
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We want the Iranians to negotiate, whether it's with the EU-3 or Russia or any other country, on a serious basis.
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We strongly regret the measures taken by the parliament and government today to, in effect, introduce a state of emergency and to introduce censorship of the Albanian press.
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We are going to keep Saddam Hussein guessing. He'll just have to wonder what the United States has in store for him.
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We decided that it was in the American interest to bring India into compliance with the standards and practices of the international non-proliferation regime,