Adam Ereli Quotes on Relationship (8 Quotes)

I'm not going to today give you a full accounting of specific steps we're going to take in reaction to this arrest. We're not there yet. But I think it is important to note that, as I said before, the repression of political dissent does have an impact on the bilateral relationship, and the relationship would be moving forward farther and faster, if there were more political openness, more tolerance of dissent, less restrictions.

We have a relationship with Azerbaijan. We're going to continue to have a relationship with Azerbaijan.

This is not the way we are pushing this relationship, ... The way we deal with Russia is the way we deal with an important partner.

Clearly, how they handle this individual case, how they handle more broadly speaking the process of political reform and the process of openness and the commitment to transparency and the rule of law, is of significance to the bilateral relationship.

They will also look to the long term, over the horizon, to the future of U. S. and Chinese relations and what we hope that the relationship will look like.

We believe that broadening and deepening the relationship is important for the United States and for Libya. That is what our liaison office is working on. And as we make progress on issues of mutual concern, we will evaluate next steps.

This case, as well as the Egyptian government broader performance on democratic reform, is going to figure significantly in the bilateral relationship, which is a complex one.

You've heard from members of Congress their distress at the developments in Egypt. If I were an Egyptian, or an Egyptian government official, I'd be concerned at the kind of reaction that these latest actions will get ... regarding the (U. S-Egyptian) relationship.