Nicholas Burns
Nicholas Burns
acting aggressive halt hoped
We hoped they (Chinese officials) would be aggressive in acting to halt the sales, ... but I can't say I have any evidence.
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Our judgement is that it would not be wise or fair to ask Congress to make such a consequential decision without evidence that the Indian government was acting on what is arguably the most important of its commitments--the separation of its civilian and military facilities
nations united welcome
We welcome the United Nations in the United States. We want the U.N. to stay, and the U.N. is going to stay.
itself parties tactic threat violence
We implore the parties to these negotiations not to use intimidation or the threat of violence, or violence itself as a tactic in the negotiations,
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We certainly were given an impression (during my last visit in June) that the arrest of general Mladic was imminent and it did not happen, so we have to judge the Serb government on its actions,
general given
We are very disappointed that general Mladic is not yet given up to the Hague,
adding agreement clear conditions expect government indian
We are very clear in our administration ... this agreement has not changed. We are not adding any conditions that we expect the Indian government to meet,
highly ought welcomed
We think it's a highly significant appointment which ought to be welcomed by the detractors of our president's policy.
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We see a possibility of creating with India one of the two or three or four strategic relationships we have with anyone in the world.
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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,
point positive
It was the only positive development I can point to.
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The Security Council has no option but to proceed with the Chapter 7.
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The situation has changed fundamentally on the ground, certainly this week, but I think in general over the last couple of months in Bosnia, ... If the Bosnian Serbs felt at one time they could achieve a military victory in this conflict, they certainly don't believe that today and no one else does either.
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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.