Christopher Hill Agreement Quotations

If we can get an agreement at the end of August, quickly thereafter in September we will move to the next stage ...the so-called fifth round of the six-party talks we would anticipate starting at very early fall.

is to see how we can take an agreement in principle and begin to see how an agreement in principle can be put into practice.

I think the Chinese draft is an excellent basis for reaching an agreement.

It is a good agreement for all of us.

You know how you build up trust? You live up to the agreement ... You can build up trust through actions.

We are hoping that if we can get through these principles, we can get going with an actual agreement in September, or the latest in October and see if we can finally put this terrible problem to bed,

The problem is not yet solved but we hope it can be solved eventually through this agreement. We have to take the momentum of this agreement and see that it is implemented.

We are not aware of whether at the end we will have an agreement or disagreement. We still don't know,

We'd like to see if we can get to an agreement, and we're not there yet. No one is quite ready to say we can't get there.

We're not prepared to make a separate agreement for them to freeze programs. We don't want to get into a situation where they stop the programs - in short, freeze the programs, and then expect us to compensate them for a freeze.

Whether this agreement helps solve this will depend in large measure on what we do in the days and weeks that follow.

So the question is why are they standing aside, losing so much money from only the energy agreement ... they have to answer that question.

This is first time they have committed to completely dismantle their weapons in an international agreement. They cannot just stall and pretend it does not exist. I think they have gotten the message.

The Beijing agreement on principle in September I think was a very important agreement, but it needs to be followed up on an agreement on implementation.

Everybody is the winner. This is a win-win situation. We got an agreement on denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula.

It wasn't easy, but I think important things don't come easily, and I think it's a very important agreement.

It is very clear in the agreement what they need to do,

It's a good agreement for all of us. We have to see what comes in the days and weeks ahead. We have to seize the momentum of this.