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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fairly intense and focused ... on the issues involved in permanent status, on the core issues.
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But we don't meet with terrorists. We don't meet with people who are involved in violence or fomenting violence.
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Obviously Turkey shares our concern about making sure that Iraq doesn't get anything that could further a program of weapons of mass destruction or be possibly involved with making it easier for Iraq to use weapons of mass destruction as they have before.
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the fact that there are Palestinians involved in shipping these weapons deeply troubling.
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We would hope that the governments involved -- that would be Australia, Norway and Indonesia -- would cooperate to resolve the issue.
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There will be a variety of kinds of support from the United States. Whether that involves soldiers deployed on the ground, that's a decision the president will have to make at the appropriate time.
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The United States is involved, has been involved, will remain involved in doing whatever we can to help these two governments lessen the tension.
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all very, very aware of the seriousness of the issues that face them -- of the toughness of the issues, of the fact that these do involve the vital interests of both sides.
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The parties have not agreed on any other basis for final status talks at this point, ... So, we'll be talking to the parties, and we will consult with them. We'll have a better idea at that point how we can best assist them to achieve peace.
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The parties are grappling with the core issues,
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The parties agreed to hold another round of talks by the second quarter of this year and to establish a working group to address, and attempt to resolve, detailed issues in between plenary sessions.
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There are airplanes flying with relief supplies. There are airplanes flying to do the reconnaissance. There is rice being delivered. There is water being delivered. There are ships under steam and there are people on the ground.
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We and Japan are allies. When there are tensions in some parts of Asia -- whether it's North Korea, the Taiwan Strait or some other part of Asia -- we talk to Japan about it.
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What's important is for ... the Israelis and Palestinians, to remember that it's a time to maintain calm and to avoid any sort of provocation. We all want to go through this period with minimal violence.