It is very important that as we go along, we meet the commitments made to each other. And that we not move the goalposts or, as we say in American English, raise the bar. -Nicholas Burns

 

It is very important that as we go along, we meet the commitments made to each other. And that we not move the goalposts or, as we say in American English, raise the bar.


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It is very important that as we go along, we meet the commitments made to each other. And that we not move the goalposts or, as we say in American English, raise the bar.

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We look forward to the US Congress passing the legislation to enable full civil nuclear energy cooperation between the two countries early next year.

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We fully expect that the IAEA will refer this issue to the United Nations Security Council, where it should be.

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It is the strong hope of the United States that Japan will decide to maintain its troops in Iraq beyond December of this year.

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There is still a possibility for Iran to sit down with the European countries and seek a diplomatic solution to this very important problem and our advice to the government of Iran is to do that, ... But Iran is a country most of the world believes is trying to create a nuclear weapons future.

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