Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
changed perception
What has changed in the 1990s is a changed perception of the world,
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We have put those differences behind us, ... We stand ready to work with the new government to remove the differences of the last few years.
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We have registered our concerns with the Indian government of course,
bring compliance decided india interest practices standards
We decided that it was in the American interest to bring India into compliance with the standards and practices of the international non-proliferation regime,
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We hope very much for the sake of the Russian republic and the Chechen people that there will be no return to the bloodletting.
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We very much hope that these sanctions will not be implemented bluntly in a way that would be damaging to the Iranian people, but it is going to be sanctions that will get the attention of the Iranian government.
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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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I think if you look at American foreign policy worldwide, the greatest change you will see in the next three or four years is a new American focus on South Asia, particularly in establishing a closer strategic partnership with India. It will be the area of greatest dynamic positive change in American foreign policy.
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I've pledged to all of my Japanese interlocutors over the last two days that we would work with them over the next several months to see if it's possible to fashion a plan that would receive General Assembly support in New York, so that Japan could enter the Security Council as a permanent member,
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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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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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Our message is clear as a bell to the American private community ... Get out of Zaire before you find yourself in harm's way.
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This is a clear signal to Hun Sen and his associates that the United States will not be conducting business as usual with those individuals,