Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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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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This is no time for the Turkish government to be making wild and dramatic statements. It would be completely out of bounds for Turkey to take this action.
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Our judgement is that it would not be wise or fair to ask Congress to make such a consequential decision without evidence that the Indian government was acting on what is arguably the most important of its commitments--the separation of its civilian and military facilities
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There's no way anybody from the outside can comment publicly and criticize the actions of our government midstream in a negotiation.
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the message from my government to the Haitian government is that they need to work with much greater speed and much greater efficiency in organizing these elections.
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Obviously the Pakistani government isn't thrilled with this relationship, and they've said that publicly.
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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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It's the obligation of the Serb and Serbia-Montenegrin government to find these people and to arrest them,
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agreement to a timetable that will lead to decisions in the US Congress to change our law and the ultimate decision of the Indian government to meet their commitments.
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This is an historic opportunity to shape the future of the country. ... We call on the new leadership to establish an inclusive transitional government leading to elections, and to ensure full respect for human rights throughout the country.
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Part of the purpose of my visit to Delhi this week is to work with the Indian government on a plan that would separate the civil and military nuclear states of India over the coming years, ... Once that plan has been clearly enunciated and once it has been committed to by the Indian government and we begin to see its implementation, it will be a short time before the U.S. Congress enacts the necessary legislative changes to bring this into being, and that will be a welcome moment, indeed.
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Everything in the documents that have been passed over to the parties on Thursday and Friday ... had been talked about in advance, ... Everything had been negotiated in advance, ... including the question of the makeup of the future government.
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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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Our message is clear as a bell to the American private community ... Get out of Zaire before you find yourself in harm's way.