Nicholas Burns Clear Quotations

While not formally part of the NPT regime, India has demonstrated a strong commitment to protect fissile materials and nuclear technology...India has resisted proposal for nuclear cooperation with nuclear aspirants that could have had adverse implications for international security,

The United States is in Vienna today (Tuesday) and tomorrow (Wednesday) arguing in the nuclear suppliers group that international restrictions on India should be lessened, ... We have already taken certain Indian entities off the proscribed list of the Commerce Department so they can do business with American firms and the United States government. I think by the time President Bush visits Delhi in early 2006 we will see that both our countries will have met our commitments in this landmark agreement and we will see it come to fruition.

Part of the purpose of my visit to Delhi this week is to work with the Indian government on a plan that would separate the civil and military nuclear states of India over the coming years, ... Once that plan has been clearly enunciated and once it has been committed to by the Indian government and we begin to see its implementation, it will be a short time before the U.S. Congress enacts the necessary legislative changes to bring this into being, and that will be a welcome moment, indeed.

It's clear the situation in the Middle East remains dangerous and requires intensive and productive efforts.

Our message is clear as a bell to the American private community ... Get out of Zaire before you find yourself in harm's way.

This is a clear signal to Hun Sen and his associates that the United States will not be conducting business as usual with those individuals,

We're prepared for that debate. We will advise the Congress that it is our very clear judgment that this is a good deal for the United States as well as for India.

Out administration is fully committed to the India-US civilian nuclear energy agreement,

a very important sign that India is a responsible nuclear power.

We are very clear in our administration ... this agreement has not changed. We are not adding any conditions that we expect the Indian government to meet,