8 Quotes by John Sawers

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.

The problems are worst in the capital, and it is the one place we can't afford to get it wrong. The clock is ticking.

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

To be frank we didn't detect anything new in their approach.

We didn't hear anything new that we hadn't heard already.

The more Kosovo's 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 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.