Adam Ereli North Quotations

We briefed him on our policy and our dealings and the state of play with North Korea, ... As a result of our discussions with Governor Richardson, I think we both share an interest in seeing North Korea make the right decision with regard to ending its nuclear program and choosing a path of reintegration with the international community.

Unfortunately North Korea continues to restrict access and monitoring, which is still a major concern.

Our focus remains on diplomatic efforts to get six-party talks under way as a means of reaching the goal of a dismantlement of the North Korean program and a denuclearized Korean Peninsula.

Our objective, ... is to help relieve the suffering of the North Korean people, despite our concerns about the North Korean government's policies.

Unfortunately the aid has been suspended because North Korea has said they are not going to distribute food anymore.

We had an offer on the table for some time to the North Koreans to come for a briefing on actions that we have taken in response to illicit financial activities. They have agreed to do that.

We've put aside the aid that we're willing to provide the World Food Program for North Korea.

There will be technical experts meeting in New York on March 7 to get a briefing from Treasury officials about what steps we've taken, why we've taken them, the laws that pertain, and see if we can't clarify maybe some of the questions that North Korea has.

That's not a concern, frankly. I think as a result of our discussions with Governor Richardson, I think we both share an interest in seeing North Korea make the right decision with regard to ending its nuclear program and choosing a path of reintegration with the international community.

That's not a concern, frankly, ... I think as a result of our discussions with Governor Richardson, I think we both share an interest in seeing North Korea make the right decision with regard to ending its nuclear program and choosing a path of reintegration with the international community.

This is unfortunately not inconsistent with past North Korean practice, which is to ignore the needs of its people and let them starve for inexplicable reasons.

targeted health interventions for children and small-scale food security projects in North Korea.

They are going to North Korea independent of the administration,

And it's unfortunate because there's a need that the World Food Program seeks to address and that we support. But we can't do that without North Korean cooperation. If there's not North Korean cooperation, there's not much we can do.