Peter Hayes Position Quotations

Realistically, the chances of a breakthrough are very slim given the rigidity of the U.S. position on key issues.

In order to obtain any joint statement at all, the U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill shifted from the Bush administration's 'never-again' position to one of avowing 'respect' for North Korea regaining its sovereign right to acquire light-water reactor technology and to discuss such provision at an 'appropriate' time.