Nicholas Burns Agreement Quotations

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

We believe the resulting agreement (with India) advances our strategic partnership and is a net gain for non-proliferation. We do not plan to offer such cooperation to any other country.

We're not there yet. We don't have an agreement yet, ... But I'm confident that they're heading in that direction.

We are working very hard on this agreement on both sides. We have great respect for Indian colleagues with whom we are working, we have been active now for 11 months and there have been unique negotiations, very challenging. But there is a goodwill by both governments, and a commitment by President Bush to see this through towards a conclusion.

I shouldn't go into them because they should remain confidential, but they remain barriers to an agreement. I don't believe they're insuperable.

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.

agreement to a timetable that will lead to decisions in the US Congress to change our law and the ultimate decision of the Indian government to meet their commitments.

This is a complex agreement. To reopen it, we're probably at risk of never being able to achieve it again and to reassemble it.

They must be prosecuted now that they have been indicted, and the United States will not be party to any agreement at Dayton to pardon them, or to plea bargain for them or to let them off easy.

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,

I believe it is a good and sound agreement that will have the effect of progressively integrating India into the global nonproliferation order,