Christopher Hill Programs Quotations

For us, the fundamental question is whether the DPRK (North Korea) is prepared to abandon its nuclear programs. And as you know its nuclear programs are involved with the production of materials for nuclear weapons,

Nuclear weapons, nuclear programs are not something that one should leave in an ambiguous state.

We're not prepared to make a separate agreement for them to freeze programs. We don't want to get into a situation where they stop the programs - in short, freeze the programs, and then expect us to compensate them for a freeze.

Our view is that stopping their programs is simply something they have to do.

We cannot have a situation where the DPRK pretends to abandon its nuclear programs and we pretend to believe them,