Posted on 26 November 2009. Tags: 1993, Cartagena, China, Colombia, Human Rights Watch, Ian Kelly, international treaty, landmines, NATO, nongovernmental organizations, Russia, State Department spokesman, Steve Goose, United States
Washington (CNN) — The United States won’t join its NATO allies and many other countries in formally banning landmines, State Department spokesman Ian Kelly said during his midday briefing Tuesday.
“This administration undertook a policy review and we decided our landmine policy remains in effect,” Kelly said in response to a question. “We made our policy review and we determined that we would not be able to meet our national defense needs nor our security commitments to our friends and allies if we sign this convention.” Read the full story
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Posted on 14 September 2009. Tags: bill clinton, britain, Bush administration, China, Colombia, Dick Cheney, Foreign Minister, france, George W Bush, Germany, Glyn Davies, hugo chavez, International Atomic Energy Agency, Iran, Manouchehr Mottaki, New York Times, north korea, PJ Crowley, Pyongyang, Robert Gibbs, Russia, Russian-made missiles, State Department, State Department spokesman, Tehran, United Nations, uranium, US ambassador, venezuela, Vice President, White House, White House spokesman
The State Department said it would meet one-to-one with Pyongyang negotiators in an effort to persuade the reclusive Stalinist state to return to multilateral talks on dismantling its nuclear weapons programme.
Washington has also accepted a vague Iranian offer of talks on broad national security issues, even though Tehran refused to discuss its illicit atomic operations.
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