Christopher Hill
Christopher Hill
create discussion korean subject time
First they have got to disarm, create a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula, and once they are back in the NPT with IAEA safeguards, at an appropriate time we'll have a discussion about the subject of the provision of a light-water reactor.
create disarm korean
First, they have got to disarm (and) create a nuclear-free Korean peninsula.
country energy keeping peaceful trouble
This is a country that had trouble keeping peaceful energy
aspects continue deal exactly fact good hardly internal knew negotiate sort took
They knew exactly what was ... They didn't like some of the aspects of it, but they knew it was a good deal for them and they took it. The fact that they continue to negotiate after the deal is hardly surprising?. They're sort of spouting off to internal audiences.
bit progress
There wasn't any progress today. ... We are in a bit of a standoff at the moment.
safest truly unsafe
There is nothing unsafe about U.S. beef. It is truly the safest in the world,
language ways
There're not too many other ways I know how to say 'no' without slipping into another language,
agreement cannot committed gotten pretend time weapons
This is first time they have committed to completely dismantle their weapons in an international agreement. They cannot just stall and pretend it does not exist. I think they have gotten the message.
ahead colleagues difficult easy join moving saying
This is not easy and not a lot of fun. But I think my colleagues will join me in saying we are making progress. We are moving ahead through some very difficult territory.
frankly fun
This is not easy, and frankly it's not a lot of fun ... but we are making progress.
early korean nuclear weapons
The U.S. removed all nuclear weapons from the Korean Peninsula in the early 1990s.
delegation leave less prefer
Some delegations prefer to leave some things more ambiguous, my delegation would like to see things less ambiguous.
agreement answer energy losing money question standing
So the question is why are they standing aside, losing so much money from only the energy agreement ... they have to answer that question.
civilian future issue whether
So whether the issue of future civilian use is going to be that important an issue or not, I can't say at this point.