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Morning Walk-through, St. Regis Hotel - 02.09.07

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs
Morning Walk-through, St. Regis Hotel
February 9, 2007


ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  Good morning, how are you?

QUESTION:  Mr. Ambassador, did you receive the draft of the…

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  I think the Chinese began to circulate a draft.  Haven’t had any discussions about it yet, and I think that’s what we’ll be doing first thing this morning.  In fact, I’ll go out to the Diaoyutai, and I expect we’ll start discussing the draft.  As you know, these processes -- You know, you start off discussing things and then you move to the written form, and that’s always a challenge.  But we have to go through that.  We’re talking about Six-Party agreements.  I’m sure everyone will have an opinion.  We’ll have to sort our way through that and see how we do.

QUESTION:  Mr. Hill, does this potential agreement have any implications for the UN sanctions.  Does that issue come up in this?

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  No, I think the UN resolutions speak very clearly.  I think you can read the resolutions and what we’re doing -- what we’re trying to do, I should say, is get a first step on the road to complete denuclearization.  Of course, the sooner we complete that journey, the sooner issues like the UN will be taken care of.  But this is just the first step.

QUESTION:  Mr. Ambassador, how many working groups do you see being set up?

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  I think between four and six.  Between four and six, something like that.

QUESTION:  (inaudible)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  Oh, nothing’s ever clear, but I think we’ve had a lot of discussions about that.  I think we know how to move forward on it.

QUESTION:  And will this joint statement set out any goals for the tempo of future negotiations?

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  For the tempo?  Yes, we’d like to pick up the pace.  We’ve gone 18 months without anything, so we have to pick up the pace.  And that’s why these negotiations are so important.  We need to get something done; we need to get something done on the ground.  And if we do that, if we succeed, I really think this is a tougher step.  But if we can get this first step, I think it will really help us with the next step.  Believe me, this is something where everybody is working very hard on this, and we need all six delegations together.  We need six delegations to show flexibility, imagination and especially hard work.

QUESTION:  Did North Korea also agree on the (inaudible)?

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  You always ask me what the North Koreans think.  I’m not their spokesman.  They have spokesmen.  They can hear you directly.  I can say from my perspective that they have approached this round with great seriousness.  We’ve had some good discussions, but we’re only one day into it.  We’ll have to see how we do in day two.

QUESTION:  (inaudible)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  Yes, you mean like five?  (Laughter)  Just helping you with that.  I imagine that what we’re trying to do -- and we have to study what they’ve put together; we’ll have a discussion about it this morning.  I think part of what we’re trying to do is set the stage for the next round and how we move from here.  As we grill into this matter, it’s going to get more technical, and we’ll need working groups.

QUESTION:  After past rounds of talks, are you satisfied with Chinese draft?

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  I can’t say yet.  We have to have a discussion about it.  We’ve had an opportunity to acquaint ourselves with the basic features of it, but we have to sit down with them and go through it and make sure we’re comfortable with it.  We have a lot of work to do.  Any time you get to a draft, you start having to look at every word, every comma and make sure there are no misunderstandings about things.  It’ll be a long day.  So if you don’t mind, I’ve got to get started on it.

QUESTION:  Are you feeling better?

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  I’m a little bit under the weather.  Not your questions; just I picked up a cold at some point, like most people right now.  I’ll be fine.

QUESTION:  Did the Chinese draft include a timeline to dismantle or freeze the…

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  Again, we have to look at it.  You mean for this phase, for this – Yes, I’ve not had a chance to look at it yet because as I understand they’ve just begun to circulate it.  We’re going to be doing that this morning, and I’ll have many hours looking at it, so I should be able to recite it to you later tonight.  We’ll have to look at it in terms of time frames and things like that.

QUESTION:  Do you have fixed plans…

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  No, I don’t have any fixed plans.  Again, it’s going to be a lot of discussion about the draft; going to take out a pencil and go through it.  Not a lot of promise, but we’ll get through it.  And I’ll let you know how it went tonight.  And maybe tonight I can give you a little more specifics, because I can tell you’re very frustrated.  It’s the best I can do right now.  

Okay?

QUESTION:  Are you going to have bilateral talks with the North Koreans?

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  I’m sure I will; I’m sure we’ll have bilaterals with all the delegations.  There was a lot of discussion yesterday.  We had -- rather than a dinner, there was a reception which allowed people to move around and have discussions.  I’m sure we’ll have a lot more today.

QUESTION:  Will you be back here in the afternoon?

ASSISTANT SECRETARY Hill:  My understanding is that there’s a dinner out there so I probably won’t be back here until after the dinner.  I think that’s what we’re planning.  So you can go write your story all day.  

Okay, all right, see you later.  I’ve got to get to work.


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