“Negotiation in the classic diplomatic sense assumes parties more anxious to agree than to disagree”
Dean Acheson
“This is a supremely difficult diplomatic task. It is negotiating with multiple parties, dealing with the Israeli public that is reluctant to make concessions on either track and certainly is reluctant to make simultaneously large concessions on all tracks.”
Robert Satloff
“It is politically and diplomatically possible to negotiate withdrawal”
Robin Cook
“There are highly speculative reports in the region about what diplomatic approach might be use to bring the parties together,”
Mike McCurry
“The Iranian nuclear issue should be appropriately resolved through diplomatic negotiations.”
Kong Quan
“The diplomat in question no longer enjoys the privileges and immunities conferred by the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations. He has been expelled from the United States for not voluntarily departing by the appointed time. We do not have any further comments on the case.”
James Rubin
“North Korea has exhausted most of its diplomatic cards available. A remaining card is not returning to the negotiating table ... A nuclear test is unlikely as it would provoke China and other neighboring countries too much.”
Koh Yu Hwan
