Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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We hope and we trust that that deal will not go forward.
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I just can't talk about what ideas we may be considering. We want to have some quiet diplomacy the next couple of days.
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India is not going to formally join the entire apparatus. But it will begin to bring responsible practice in accordance with that regime. That's a step forward for the US and for non-proliferation.
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India is a major power in Asia... one of our critical partners, not just in South Asia but in Asia.
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I believe it is a good and sound agreement that will have the effect of progressively integrating India into the global nonproliferation order,
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I do not anticipate, and I'm 100 percent sure about this, any contact between whichever official is sent by the Iranian government and our delegation, including Secretary Rice.
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That is a signal both to the United States and to the rest of the international community that this move by the Indian government is permanent. It's going to be sustainable and it's not going to be taken back.
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That remains our plan. And I've been in touch with the Indian government this week. I expect to be in touch with them in the coming days, and we hope to reach that goal.
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It is our judgment there is life left in the diplomatic process.
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It is very important that as we go along, we meet the commitments made to each other. And that we not move the goalposts or, as we say in American English, raise the bar.
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It's clear the situation in the Middle East remains dangerous and requires intensive and productive efforts.
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It is the strong hope of the United States that Japan will decide to maintain its troops in Iraq beyond December of this year,
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These two individuals are standing in the way of Serbia's progress with NATO and the United States as well as with Europe.
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It's the obligation of the Serb and Serbia-Montenegrin government to find these people and to arrest them,