Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
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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,
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The United States is in Vienna today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) arguing in the nuclear suppliers group that international restrictions on India should be lessened, ... We have already taken certain Indian entities off the proscribed list of the Commerce Department so they can do business with American firms and the United States government. I think by the time President Bush visits Delhi in early 2006 we will see that both our countries will have met our commitments in this landmark agreement and we will see it come to fruition.
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They must be prosecuted now that they have been indicted, and the United States will not be party to any agreement at Dayton to pardon them, or to plea bargain for them or to let them off easy.
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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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The United States has said that we find the Russian proposal to be interesting. And it might be a good way to proceed for negotiation. We've never said that we accept, you know, every detail on that proposal.
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The United States is sending a strong signal to all the parties that the United States wants the Dayton accords fully implemented.
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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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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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It's a waiver authority ... We are not seeking relief from US law for any country in the world except India and we don't anticipate putting any country forward. So it is India specific.
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It is our judgment there is life left in the diplomatic process.
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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.