Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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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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That is a signal both to the United States and to the rest of the international community that this move by the Indian government is permanent. It's going to be sustainable and it's not going to be taken back.
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The United States is in Vienna today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) arguing in the nuclear suppliers group that international restrictions on India should be lessened, ... We have already taken certain Indian entities off the proscribed list of the Commerce Department so they can do business with American firms and the United States government. I think by the time President Bush visits Delhi in early 2006 we will see that both our countries will have met our commitments in this landmark agreement and we will see it come to fruition.
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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 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,
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We hope very much that we can schedule a date and venue for a briefing on the four-party talks, ... The North Koreans have agreed to that. We just need to schedule it.
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We hope very much that this issue can be resolved very soon,
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We hope very much for the sake of the Russian republic and the Chechen people that there will be no return to the bloodletting.
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We have put those differences behind us, ... We stand ready to work with the new government to remove the differences of the last few years.
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We have registered our concerns with the Indian government of course,