Christopher Hill
Christopher Hill
finish month negotiate ready sit
We've used the one month very productively in Washington, we're ready to sit down and negotiate and try to finish this thing.
agreement quite ready
We'd like to see if we can get to an agreement, and we're not there yet. No one is quite ready to say we can't get there.
bridge remaining solution
We do everything we can to bridge the remaining differences, and try to find a solution to this. And we are very much getting the ending.
agreement aware whether
We are not aware of whether at the end we will have an agreement or disagreement. We still don't know,
few next progress
We want to make demonstrable progress in the next few weeks,
absolutely good meeting position purpose understood
The purpose of the meeting was to make sure, make absolutely sure, that we understood what their position is and what our position is, ... In that regard, I thought it was a very, very good meeting.
days main purpose three touch weeks
The purpose of these three weeks is to be in touch and be ready, because I would like this to be shorter than 13 days so we can get on to the main event, which is negotiations,
among progress six strong
There is a strong sense among all six delegations that we really want to make progress,
clear discussion issue light nuclear particular peaceful subject water
What we have made clear is that we will have a discussion on the issue of peaceful nuclear energy, and in particular the subject of the provision of a light water reactor, but only at an appropriate time.
decided time
We decided it was time to end it and go to recess, with the idea that they can go back and think about what they've been told, which is, they're not going to get a light-water reactor,
best decided talks
We decided the best thing to do is to put the talks into recess.
bit country discussing interested korea north provide reached
The only thing North Korea is interested in discussing is a light-water reactor. No country is going to provide North Korea with a light-water reactor. So we have reached a bit of a standoff.
pace pick
We are going to have to pick up the pace if we are going to get there,
confidence deal events filipino following people
We have confidence that Filipino people will be able to deal with their problems. We are following the events closely.