Christopher Hill North Quotations

What North Korea needs to do is get out of the nuclear business.

In our view, the North Koreans have got to get out of this business and stop it,

We're not expecting North Korea to become a Jeffersonian democracy, but we do expect them to sit down and talk to us about these issues, to talk to the international community.

I have just told the North Koreans ... (they) raised the idea (of) what can be done about putting the interim measure, a freeze measure. I told them I am not interested.

It is very important to understand that all the North Korean nuclear energy programs, up to now, all of them have been related to weapons. Not a light bulb has been turned on as a result of the nuclear reactors in North Korea.

Our position has been very clear on this. North Korea needs to get out of the nuclear business.

I understand we have some North Korean visitors here today.

The North Koreans have not yet decided to return to the (six-party) talks. I'm not sure there's much more I can talk to them about.

They have to come to realize that nuclear weapons for North Korea do nothing for North Korea's security, ... We need to get North Korea to understand that its security is not tied up with nuclear weapons. Its security is tied up in good relations with other countries.

The only thing North Korea is interested in discussing is a light-water reactor. No country is going to provide North Korea with a light-water reactor. So we have reached a bit of a standoff.

North Korea needs to focus on what's on the table. We have to be a little firm and make it clear they they've go to come into the talks.