57 Quotes by Alexander Downer

We have said many times before that ... at the very least, Indonesia is responsible for the security situation in East Timor,

We want to see progress on agriculture, we want to see the European Union come back with a better market access offer that's going to be crucial to a successful meeting in Hong Kong,

The onus of that task falls on the armed forces and the police force in East Timor and they haven't done a good job in recent times. It's important that they perform more effectively and do everything they can to stop the violence and move to disarm the two sides -- the paramilitaries and the pro-independence side,

Sheik Hilaly is making a good contribution. He is making a good contribution.

No one is suggesting, and no one should suggest, that the United States is anything but vigilant and determined in its opposition to the proliferation and even the use of biological weapons,

If these talks are a success, clearly we hope a U.N. presence can be on the ground in the next few weeks,

We think, at the end of the day, it makes a great deal more sense to have dialogue with North Korea, rather than to freeze them out of regional and international arrangements,

I think in turn the media has become very interested in this specific case, and has gone into an enormous amount of detail.

I will raise bilateral issues and regional security concerns, including measures to prevent nuclear and missile proliferation and other arms control objectives,