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Article: SECRETARY RICE REMARKS AFTER SIX-PARTY INFORMAL MINISTERIAL
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- US Fed News Service, Including US State News
- Article date:
- July 23, 2008
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The U.S. Department of State issued the following transcript of remarks by the U.S. Secretary of State:
SECRETARY RICE: Look, it was a good meeting, no surprises. It was just an informal opportunity. I think everybody essentially confirmed the September agreement, confirmed the October 2007 agreement, confirmed that we need to move ahead rapidly to finish phase two obligations; a lot of discussion of the verification protocol and the importance of the verification protocol; a call to have better bilateral relations among the various parties.
And I thought it was - you know, the atmosphere was actually very good. The Chinese did a really excellent job of running the meeting, and I think they ...