Adam Ereli
Adam Ereli
Joseph Adam Ereli was an American diplomat and ambassador. Ereli was the ambassador of the United States to the Kingdom of Bahrain from 2007 to 2011. He subsequently was the Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Education and Cultural Affairs from 2011-2014. He is currently the Vice Chairman of Mercury, a public strategy consulting firm in Washington, DC...
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Our objective, ... is to help relieve the suffering of the North Korean people, despite our concerns about the North Korean government's policies.
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It's a theoretical proposition in the future, contingent on dismantlement having taken place, (North Korea) re-signing up to the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and having IAEA safeguards in place.
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for his courtesy and convenience, and that is because he is a former Cabinet official.
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This is unfortunately not inconsistent with past North Korean practice, which is to ignore the needs of its people and let them starve for inexplicable reasons.
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The secretary did not misspeak. The secretary knows exactly what he was talking about. And there should be, I think, no question in our mind of casting doubt or walking it back.
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This is not the way we are pushing this relationship, ... The way we deal with Russia is the way we deal with an important partner.
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Every country is obviously free to decide what it wants to do.
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It's our understanding that President Chen did not abolish it, and he reaffirmed Taiwan's commitment to the status quo. We attach great importance to that commitment, and we'll be following his follow-through carefully.
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The conditions are less important than the fact that there are good-faith discussions going on about resuming full-bore talks on a national unity government.
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Syria is obliged to abide by the terms of security council resolutions. They are clearly not co-operating and this is a matter of serious concern.
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Discussions continue, we're making progress. I think I'd leave it at that.
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These convictions are based on evidence that isn't credible and trial that isn't fair. We and the Europeans have been very outspoken in calling for an independent investigation.
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This is an opportunity to make up for that trip.
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I think there's a possibility, we hope a probability, that Saudi Arabia together with the United States will be able to develop a plan of action to deal with these issues, ... And based on that, in 180 days, we'll review and decide whether sanctions are warranted, or whether they've made sufficient progress in addressing the shortcomings that we've identified.