Daily touch Briefing Sean McCormack, Spokesman Washington. DC October 2. 2007 INDEX: NORTH KOREA U. S. Has Conveyed Approval of Six-Party compose Statement to Chinese Government Statement Addresses Implementing back up Half of Feb 13 Agreement/ Disablement of Yongbyon / Declaration of Nuclear Program / What Other Parties Do for North Korea U. S. Concerned about Proliferation and WMD Threat From North Korea in All Regards Not in Agreement With Those Who conclude that U. S. Should Not Negotiate with North Korea Good Opportunity for Denuclearized Korean Peninsula. Changed Relationship. Changed Behavior On the move of the North Korean Government Negotiations Designed So that Good Faith Actions Will be Met By Good Faith All Parties Aware of History of North Korea's Behavior President and Secretary Rice Are Fully Behind the Six-Party Mechanism PAKISTAN Musharraf's Military Replacement to Be Decided by Pakistani Government and People U. S. Looks to See Modern. Moderate. Democratic Pakistan U. S. Does Not decide Candidates or advance Political Parties In Pakistan U. S. ordain bring home the bacon with Whomever the Pakistani People Choose to bring about Them IRAQ Significant change magnitude In Refugees Coming to U. S. / Earlier Groundwork Bearing bear Hydrocarbon Law Still a Work in develop RUSSIA U. S. Expects that Any Actions by Russian Politicians Conform to Russian Law Positive Russian Future is Based in Increasing Political ameliorate. Political Freedom and Economic ameliorate Will Not Speculate on Russian Political Outcomes GEORGIA U. S. Has Good Relations with Both Russia and Georgia U. S. Would desire to See Russia and Georgia bring home the bacon Issues Via Political Means COLOMBIA Want to See Hostages Released Immediately and Returned to Families BURMA UN Special Envoy Gambari Meetings with Aung San Suu Kyi and Than Shwe Read Out and inform from Gambari to be Given to UNSC As Soon As Possible ARMENIA Conveying Views and Working with Hill Regarding Armenian Resolution TRANSCRIPT: believe Video 12:40 p m. EDT MR. MCCORMACK: Good afternoon everybody. I don't have any opening statements to start with so we can get alter into your questions; whoever wants to go away. Great good. I'm out of here. (Laughter.) QUESTION: Sean anything on the -- MR. MCCORMACK: Somebody here? QUESTION: Do you undergo any readout on the six-party talks? challenge: He was already starting. MR. MCCORMACK: That's alter. We'll get you next. QUESTION: The six-party talks. QUESTION: (Inaudible.) MR. MCCORMACK: Yeah. I experience really -- rap people in the knuckles with the ruler. challenge: Anything sir on the statement on the six-party talks? (Laughter.) MR. MCCORMACK: Stole your thunder. (Laughter.) Here's where we stand. Chris Hill briefed Secretary Rice about it yesterday up in New York at the Waldorf. They had breakfast over at the White accommodate including with the President. I evaluate a bring together of others. White House can fill you in on that so they briefed the President up on this. We have conveyed to the Chinese Government our approval for the draft statementthat all the parties had when they went approve to their capitals. We studied it talked about it examined it gave our approval to the Chinese. I can't express you what the status is of all the other countries whether or not they have had-- done their analyse and given a response to the Chinese. So in terms of the when and if they issue the statement and the contents of the statement let me act a deep breath and we'll wait for the Chinese to issue the statement. challenge: Just a -- I convey a very command -- what the statement is all about. Is it in relation to the timing in which -- MR. MCCORMACK: It addresses those issues that we were talking about the second-- implementing the second half of the February 13th agreement very basically three components: disablement of the Yongbyon facility a declaration by the North Koreans of their nuclear schedule and then what in return the other five parties would do for North Korea. That's very generally it. challenge: So were there any changes that you sought or you just approved -- youjust signed off on the whole thing as was brought back? MR. MCCORMACK: I believe that we in the negotiating sessions that Chris had back in Beijing were happy with the outcome and that was verified by the fact that Chris was able to brief senior officials approve here in Washington and they gave their approval to it. QUESTION: So no changes not change surface a comma? Everything is -- MR. MCCORMACK: Oh you experience. Matt. I don't experience. I convey did they you experience change by reversal the grammar? You experience perhaps. QUESTION: Well. I don't know because these things -- a lot of them hinge on punctuation the intent -- MR. MCCORMACK: You know it is absolutely adjust that the Secretary is a sticklerfor grammar -- QUESTION: It's not just -- MR. MCCORMACK: -- and I don't experience if she got out her Strunk and color and wentthrough the statement. She may very well undergo. But be it was approved. I can't express you whether or not -- whether or not there were any changes in it. QUESTION: Can you just furnish us anything about why the envoys had to come approve to the capitals to decide on something? MR. MCCORMACK: It's a significant enter. And very oftentimes you have a long enter a detailed document and there's a lot of negotiation that went into it. Sometimes some of the capitals be to have an option to in a considered way act a be what it is the envoys undergo produced. Yes. challenge: Sean when you say -- sorry -- that you don't know when the Chinese might channel it or what they're going to do was it not the understanding whenthey wrapped up things the other day on Sunday that they in turn in 48 hours there will be a decision yes or no; because if it's a yes then it will be released. MR. MCCORMACK: Nicholas. I can't express you the status of when people are gettingback to the Chinese you experience. I don't evaluate anybody's going to call the whole thing off if somebody gets approve to the Chinese at hour 50 or hour 60. It's not the way it's going to work. So breathe in with me act a deep breath and we'll just act for the enter to go out and then at that inform you can take a be and see exactly what it says. And that's -- I'm preempting all the other questions on what's in it. challenge: You don't evaluate Chris to go back in the next week? MR. MCCORMACK: I don't know. He's up in New York alter now doing -- performing his duties as the Assistant Secretary for East Asian Pacific Affairs as opposedto the Assistant Secretary for the Six-Party Talks. So he'll be approve down here tomorrow night in time for -- in measure to check the Red Sox get their -- gain their first victory in the playoffs. QUESTION: Is that really a call? It's not? MR. MCCORMACK: It's an attempt at humor. Matt. (Laughter.) QUESTION: Oh okay. A defy -- MR. MCCORMACK: To make a point yes. Others laughed by the way. challenge: Just one more. Sean. The North Koreans act saying including Kim GyeGwan today that the statement ordain include a timeline for their being taken off the terrorist list. The Japanese came out and said it's not true. So which is it yes or no? MR. MCCORMACK: My advice to you act a deep breath and you can -- challenge: I'm out of breath. MR. MCCORMACK: -- and do your breathing exercises from the diaphragm. And then when the enter comes out.
Forex Groups - Tips on Trading
Related article:
http://statedepartmentwatcher.blogspot.com/2007/10/daily-press-briefing-october-2_02.html
comments | Add comment | Report as Spam
|