Nicholas Burns Quotes on Agreements (9 Quotes)

I shouldn't go into them because they should remain confidential, but they remain barriers to an agreement. I don't believe they're insuperable.

This is a complex agreement. To reopen it, we're probably at risk of never being able to achieve it again and to reassemble it.

We're not there yet. We don't have an agreement yet, ... But I'm confident that they're heading in that direction.

Out administration is fully committed to the India-US civilian nuclear energy agreement,

There are issues that we have to resolve before we can have a final agreement. That may take some time.... I don't know how much longer it will take. It could take several days. We have to see how it happens.

They must be prosecuted now that they have been indicted, and the United States will not be party to any agreement at Dayton to pardon them, or to plea bargain for them or to let them off easy.

agreement to a timetable that will lead to decisions in the US Congress to change our law and the ultimate decision of the Indian government to meet their commitments.

I think by the time that President Bush visits New Delhi in early 2006, we will see that both of our countries would have met our commitment in this landmark agreement,

There is significant support for it on the Capitol Hill. There may be some Congressmen who have doubts about it. But I am convinced that the US Congress will support the agreement,