Christopher Hill Table Quotations

Based on what the negotiators were telling us, it's a finite number of issues that separate us, ... It sounded a little worse right as the negotiations closed because they began to put things on the table which frankly had been resolved, and I'm not too concerned about those things.

I have made it very clear, and I think the other delegations have made it clear, although I'll let them speak for themselves, that nobody is prepared to fund the light water reactor, and they should rather focus on the elements that are on the table and understand that those elements would be very beneficial.

We think there has been a very good package on the table and we believe the DPRK needs to look very carefully,

We think there has been a very good package on the table and we believe the D.P.R.K. needs to look very carefully.

I hope that China will feel a certain responsibility to try to convince the DPRK that the deal is there on the table and it only awaits the decision of the DPRK to take that deal,

The light water reactor for us is a nonstarter, ... We have a pretty good deal on the table (including) security guarantees, a recognition package, access to international financial institutions, and a very serious energy package.