Richard Boucher Quotes (270 Quotes)

This development can strengthen cooperation between the United States and China to achieve our common objective of preventing the spread of ballistic missiles that threaten regional and international security.

Our belief is that Israel is committed to the peace process.

The United States will ensure that responses to this reward notice will be kept in strict confidence, ... Individuals providing information leading to the arrest or conviction of those responsible for the attack on the USS Cole may be eligible for protection of their identities and relocation with their families to the United States.

U.S. diplomatic efforts are being coordinated with the international community in order to help diffuse tension between India and Pakistan. The crisis, though showing signs of abating, is not yet over.

We support the measured response of the Macedonian armed forces to such terrorist violence, ... necessary steps to uphold the rule of law.

We'll have to work out mechanisms in the agreement -- work out a framework in the resolution or some other mechanism, ... So that these states are allowed to continue to do what they need to do vis-a-vis their trade with Iraq, and particularly in civilian goods for the people of Iraq.

We believe it's a very important and necessary step toward resolving the crisis in Macedonia.

Ms Tanaka said she understood the need for the United States to pursue this area, to conduct the research,

Anyone with information on this attack is encouraged to contact local law enforcement, the nearest U. S. embassy or consulate, the nearest FBI office or the Diplomatic Security Service immediately,

Those are all things that they themselves have made commitments on. And as long as these things are not resolved, they're issues of concern to us.

There are airplanes flying with relief supplies. There are airplanes flying to do the reconnaissance. There is rice being delivered. There is water being delivered. There are ships under steam and there are people on the ground,

(Both convictions) cast serious doubt on the impartiality and independence of the Malaysian judiciary, ... victim of political conspiracy.

They discussed the issues that are of concern to us.

Ambassador Hill's appointment underscores U. S. support for the six-party talks and the goal of a diplomatic solution ending North Korea's nuclear weapons programs,

In some ways, you could say he's assisting Ambassador Burns, and Burns has the overall context of achieving those steps of ending the violence and working on the timelines for confidence-building measures and getting back to peace talks,

We've always respected Israel's right to defend itself, including going after armed groups and armed men in some of these areas. But we've always said they need to do that in a manner which has the utmost care to avoid harm to civilians, particularly when they're conducting operations in heavily populated areas. And we've said that often results in tragedies and numerous deaths. And that appears to be what's happened again.

We are operating within a U.N. mandate, and we intend to do as much as we can and look for other ways to provide support for the Macedonian government well within that mandate,

the need to end the cycle of violence is still there.

There were numerous, reliable accounts of irregularities in today's voting. The world is watching these elections and the response of the authorities in Belgrade very closely.

We are not here for an indefinite period of time.

People at posts were looking forward to having their families back with them, and at that time we operated on the best security information we had.

The opening of Afghanistan has transformed it from an obstacle separating Central from South Asia into a bridge connecting the two. And this in turn opens exciting new possibilities. Our goal is to revive ancient ties between South and Central Asia and to create new links in the areas of trade, transport, democracy, energy and communications.

takes into account our discussions with Iraqis, with other Security Council members, with coalition partners, Arab states and others in the region.

The United States was prepared to offer economic and political steps to improve the lives of the North Korean people, provided the North were dramatically to alter its behavior across a range of issues, including its weapons of mass destruction programs, development and export of ballistic missiles, threats to its neighbors, support for terrorism, and the deplorable treatment of the North Korean people.

The main reason was to spend some time with them and to use the opportunity of an extended discussion to get out of Camp David and go see that there's a world out there,

We have to see all the parties cutting off money, cutting off support, cutting off the ability to operate, cutting off the ability of violent groups to challenge the authority that needs to be vested in the Palestinian Authority and then the government,

It's long been our position that cooperation between members of the Colombian armed forces and the paramilitary groups is unacceptable, and we welcome this decision by the courts,

The idea that we were out to get the president of Venezuela is just plain wrong,

I know what you're referring to. I'm just not in a position to comment on it in any way on the reports that came out today.

The steps that need to be taken now are steps by Chairman Arafat to stop the violence,

against a backdrop of a well-documented campaign of violence and intimidation against the opposition.

We will continue to work with the German and the Australian embassies in Islamabad and continue to press the Taliban for information about the status of investigation of the detainees and on how the case might proceed under the Taliban legal system.

One of the unfortunate, maybe inevitable, side effects of that is that we're probably going to see a rise in violence as NATO spreads into this area in an even more dense fashion.

We don't think that linking our obligations and payments to the United Nations to the outcome of that particular vote is a good idea.

What this does is it brings a common view, a unified message, a unified position of the United States and Europe,

We are interested in the fastest return of the airplane. We think that is in China's interest as well as ours.

We've long urged all governments, all people, not to cooperate in military ways, not to engage in any military cooperation with countries like North Korea that pose a threat to U.S. national security interests.

I think we share the general concern that some material might have gotten out during the mass looting that took place immediately after the war, but it has been brought under control.

reinforce our already grave concern that Iran is seeking technology to produce fissile material for nuclear weapons.

It may take a few months, maybe a year (to begin implementation).

We've always made clear that we felt that Somalia and the situation that existed there made it a potential haven for terrorists.

I think we've made very, very clear that Iran needs to take action on the nuclear issue,

In country after country, around the world, you'll see the United States is supporting democracy in the fight against terrorism.

The secretary made clear ... we would be going forward with a system, and we felt it was feasible.

In this context, we think the Palestinians have not done enough to fight terror and to end the violence.

But we don't meet with terrorists. We don't meet with people who are involved in violence or fomenting violence.

This vision is within our grasp.

We think such a position conveys on him certain responsibilities -- to exercise restraint where he has influence to prevent any further escalatory violence,

will help ensure that we have a more open and credible result this time.

We'll see what they are prepared to address and draw our own conclusions about how they intend to proceed with this relationship.