Richard Boucher Issues Quotations

that they are indeed raising these issues of the importance of getting back to the six-party talks.

They discussed the issues that are of concern to us.

At the time, he was not prepared to provide any information. So certainly all of us who are concerned about the issues of missiles in North Korea...are looking for concrete action by the North Koreans, and are looking for clarification of what this means.

Non-proliferation is one of the most important issues on our agenda.

I wouldn't describe it a fait accompli ... We look to keep making progress on the issues of concern to us, and want to make sure that any further steps are part of that progress.

The parties agreed to hold another round of talks by the second quarter of this year and to establish a working group to address, and attempt to resolve, detailed issues in between plenary sessions.

I can't program every step of the way of what would, we would hope, be a coordinated series of steps. But the intention is to go to the next round of talks and to begin addressing these issues in a way that's appropriate for the beginning of the process.

fairly intense and focused ... on the issues involved in permanent status, on the core issues.

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.

They stressed the importance of building on progress made at the Joint Commission on Commerce and Trade ... They also talked about how to further enhance the economic/trade relationship, and we discussed some of the issues that are of particular importance to us in terms of access to the Chinese market.

all very, very aware of the seriousness of the issues that face them -- of the toughness of the issues, of the fact that these do involve the vital interests of both sides.

(Albright) looks forward to discussing bilateral relations and the progress being made on issues of concern to the United States.