I don't think the problem here is meeting. I think the problem here is (North Korea) needs to make a decision.
The problem is you talk to one side and get one view and you talk to the other side and you get a view 180 degrees to the opposite.
We are hoping that if we can get through these principles, we can get going with an actual agreement in September, or the latest in October and see if we can finally put this terrible problem to bed,
But we are trying to work with it, and we are really trying to reach something with it. We are setting principles, but being in general principles doesn't mean you create ambiguities and lead the way to confusion and lead the way to problems in the future.
One should not assume that the outstanding problems all have to do with the issue of so-called peaceful use or civilian use.
Clearly, they have some problems with the draft, but we have some problems as well.
The problem is not yet solved but we hope it can be solved eventually through this agreement. We have to take the momentum of this agreement and see that it is implemented.
The problem is not we don't have talks, the problem is we need to have more action. The gap is between five of us and one of them.
Everybody has got an interest in solving this problem through diplomatic means. ... There will be a point at which we look at the deadline, but we are not at that point yet,
Every day that goes on, the amount of plutonium theoretically can increase, so that's our concern. That means that we have a bigger problem than when we ended on Sept. 19. And I think the time to stop reprocessing, the time to stop that reactor, is now.
I'm just here to see if I can help get a solution to this terrible problem in Kosovo,
Why are they so single-minded? We want to solve this problem diplomatically, but everyone has to have an interest in doing this through diplomatic means.
Though we don't have any strong problems with the fourth draft, how the DPRK react to the fourth draft is something we have to see today.