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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We're very disappointed that Pakistan has taken another turn away from democracy rather than as we had hoped a step towards democracy,
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first step towards the end to violence and terror. It needs to be followed by other steps to dismantle the capabilities. But we certainly believe that that could be a useful step to see in the coming days.
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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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But what also matters to us is the degree of cooperation we get, the degree of transparency we get, and the degree of commitment we get towards avoiding a repetition.
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Nevertheless, we see this as an absolutely necessary step toward decreasing tensions in Asia.
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what can you do to help stop the terror and to get us moving down the road that we've outlined, the road toward peace?
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It's very, very important to continue moving toward open elections, clean elections, next year. The secretary made that quite clear.
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Clearly, the continuation of the fighting creates concerns and complicates that. So alongside the movement toward deployment has been an effort to try to get the parties to abide by the cease-fire.
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We will work with our allies to re-energize the sanctions. Obviously, military force always remains an option for the United States.
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We understand that conceding to terrorists will only endanger all members of the multinational force as well as other countries who are contributing to Iraqi reconstruction and humanitarian assistance.
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We understand Japan plans to bring him there for medical treatment. Once he is there, he falls under Japanese-U.S. status policy. We intend to request custody when we have legal opportunity to do so.
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we felt that there were indeed concerns ... our posts in the region, and this region including Yemen, have been on a high state of alert for a long time since the Africa bombings,and in connection with recent events we have asked posts to look very closely at their security procedures.
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We expect that the agency will fully investigate the matter and keep the board of governors fully informed. It is important that all such activity be investigated.
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We don't think that linking our obligations and payments to the United Nations to the outcome of that particular vote is a good idea.