Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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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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I think by the time that President Bush visits New Delhi in early 2006, we will see that both of our countries would have met our commitment in this landmark agreement,
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The actions India committed to undertake are difficult, complex and time consuming,
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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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This is the first time we are saying publicly that the future of the relationship is not adversarial, not rivalry... it's partnership.
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This is not the time for business as usual with the Iranian government.
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This is no time for the Turkish government to be making wild and dramatic statements. It would be completely out of bounds for Turkey to take this action.
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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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Ten years is a long time for a country to be under international stewardship, and it is time now to diminish the powers
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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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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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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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When (Christopher) travels to the Balkans late next week and into the following week, he'll be making his point personally. And by then we expect that all prisoners will have been released.
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There is significant support for it on the Capitol Hill. There may be some Congressmen who have doubts about it. But I am convinced that the US Congress will support the agreement,