Richard Boucher
Richard Boucher
Richard A. Boucheris an American diplomat who was Deputy Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Developmentfrom 2009 until 2013. He took up post on 5 November 2009. Prior to joining OECD, he was the Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, a post he took up on February 21, 2006. The Bureau of South Asian Affairs was expanded to include the nations of Central Asia shortly before his confirmation...
confirm following office remains sure
We'll be following up on this to confirm it and make sure that the office remains closed,
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We'll see what they are prepared to address and draw our own conclusions about how they intend to proceed with this relationship.
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We're ready to talk to the Chinese whenever they are ready.
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the fact that there are Palestinians involved in shipping these weapons deeply troubling.
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What we're trying to do now is get the parameters accepted in a way where the reservations are reconcilable and, therefore, we know that both sides are in a position to negotiate seriously.
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We urge all parties to fully honor the agreements negotiated by NATO and the European Union,
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It continues to be very hard, and we continue to try to move forward. We might reach a deal, we might not.
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Those are all things that they themselves have made commitments on. And as long as these things are not resolved, they're issues of concern to us.
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to try to prepare for another round of six-party talks, including preparing a draft document that might be used at those talks.
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We are interested in the fastest return of the airplane. We think that is in China's interest as well as ours.
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We are discussing the circumstances of their detention with Colombian authorities, but do not have any additional information to provide at this time.
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We'll look at the letter, but that's all it is. Iraq has no choice but to comply with the resolution's terms. Iraq's letter is one of the requirements. The next ones are full disclosure and active cooperation with the inspectors.
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We'll look at it when it comes out and see if there are any ideas we want to deal with at that point.
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to go into somewhat more detail about the current situation.