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...
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U.S. diplomatic efforts are being coordinated with the international community in order to help diffuse tension between India and Pakistan. The crisis, though showing signs of abating, is not yet over.
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to talk more about the situation and try to understand these conditions better.
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We're disappointed when we see ballistic missiles tests in this region. We think tests like this contribute to a charged atmosphere, make it harder to prevent a costly and destabilizing nuclear arms race.
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We think such a position conveys on him certain responsibilities -- to exercise restraint where he has influence to prevent any further escalatory violence,
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we think runs counter to recent trends toward a warming in cross-straits relations, and we would consider passage of this law unhelpful.
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There's no question that the requirement is on Arafat right now to take strong and irreversible action, ... reviewing what our policy, what the next steps ought to be.
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We do think it's a rather dubious distinction to be the first democratically elected head of state to go meet with the dictator of Iraq
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We've made clear we're looking at the policy with regard to North Korea, that it's policy that will be built on the work that's been done before and the commitments that have been made before.
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We've made clear that we would like to see all these people released and able to return home.
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We've looked over time for a number of things, practical steps by the parties to defuse tension. We've looked for a dialogue between them, if possible, to resolve the issues.
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We have been working with Italian authorities, and we'll continue to work with them as they investigate those who have been arrested.
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We have told the Brazilians that we think that these are measures that provide tremendous inconvenience to travelers and that they need to be changed.
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will help ensure that we have a more open and credible result this time.
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little pieces being picked out of a larger context.