Chechnya Map

RUBIN: This is similar to the question George asked a couple of times. Let me try to answer it as best as I can. We don't have a dialogue with Iran. We don't have a road map for normal relations. We have offered to create one. We have said that we would be willing to have an authoritative dialogue, one that was openly acknowledged, in which we would raise our issues of concern -- and I've listed them -- and they could raise their issues of concern. ...

During the course of that dialogue, we would be prepared to discuss the road map to normal relations which would address the kind of questions that both you and George have asked me. What I'm saying to you is that all of those are issues of concern and it's premature in the extreme for us to worry about parsing each one of them and what steps they would take and what steps we would take in response when we don't have a situation where Iran is even prepared to have a dialogue. But that should not be interpreted as meaning a lessening of our concern about terrorism, about the opposition to the Middle East peace process, or about the development of weapons of mass destruction. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: White House Daily Briefing, October 29

And along those lines, I was remiss, I should have noted this at the beginning. The President this morning spoke with President Mubarak of Egypt by telephone. The President consulted with President Mubarak on efforts to promote resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including the recent trip of Assistant Secretary Burns to the region to follow up on the President's message about the importance of achieving a road map to peace in the Middle East. They talked about the issue of Iraq. The President reiterated his desire to settle this in a peaceful way, but make no mistake, that the important goal was the disarmament of Iraq. ... [Read More]

Department of State Washington File: Transcript: No Religious, Political Justification for Terrorism, Powell Says

But what we need and what we don't have and what we have been struggling to obtain for the last year, since the President took the bold step of going to Aqaba and endorsing the roadmap and having everyone else endorse the roadmap, is the reform that's needed in the Palestinian Authority. We need to see the end of terror. We need to see the consolidation of Palestinian security forces under responsible leadership. ...

In response to a question on the Arab-Israeli peace process, Powell said it is difficult to see how progress can be made on the road map without an empowered prime minister in the Palestinian Authority. ... [Read More]

Remarks to the Press En Route to Vilnius
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Planning Policy in Today’s World
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Adherence to and Compliance with Arms Control and Nonproliferation Agreements and Commitments
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"The Federalism Path", Iraq Elections: Road to Democracy, February 2005

"I'm a great pragmatist," Marr says. Her advice for the new assembly: "Do what will work. Create a strong but flexible constitution. The greatest mistake would be to freeze the political map under current conditions. Whatever the constitution says now, it must allow for real change in the future." ... [Read More]

Synopsis of Public-Private Partnerships for Mine Action
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Department of State Washington File: Transcript: Rice Briefs Press on Historic Developments at NATO Summit

DR. RICE: Oh, Chirac and Blair, both excellent meetings. Both meetings discussed Iraq to a certain extent; quite a bit about the Middle East; the importance of trying to move forward with Palestinian reform and with the road map and understanding that that is difficult, but that the President remains fundamentally committed to a two-state solution. They talked about the horrible events in Jerusalem and the fact that this clearly shows that there are those who do not want peace, but that terrorism has to be fought and fought resolutely by everybody in the region; yet the vision for peace has to be kept out in front, and they had an opportunity to talk about that. They also talked about Afghanistan and the importance of continuing the reconstruction efforts there. ... [Read More]

Remarks with Students at Max Planck School
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