Quotes by John Sawers

“To be frank we didnt detect anything new in their approach.”

“We will now be reporting to our ministers who will discuss this matter.”

“We didnt hear anything new that we hadnt heard already.”

“The more the leaders of Kosovo can reach out to the other communities and show that Kosovo is a mature democracy, the more fully an independence can be delivered.”

“The more Kosovos leaders can work together, the more they can understand each others issues, each others concerns, the more fully the goal of the people of Kosovo can be achieved and the quicker it will be achieved.”

“The problems are worst in the capital, and it is the one place we cant afford to get it wrong. The clock is ticking.”

“There is a lot of common ground between us. We share the objective vis-?-vis Iran and its nuclear program. Its essential that Iran takes the steps required in order to start the process of rebuilding the confidence in its nuclear intentions.”

“There is a lot of common ground between us. We share the objective vis-?-vis Iran and its nuclear program. Our discussions will continue both here in New York and Vienna and between capitals.”

“We may also need to remove one of the Iranian arguments that the suspension called for is voluntary. We could do both by making the voluntary suspension a mandatory requirement to the Security Council, in a Resolution we would aim to adopt (in) ... early May.”