We, as a matter of course, support free and fair elections in Iran. And we are therefore opposed to interference in the electoral process.

This was a visit that was decided on and organized and undertaken by the Turkish government.

We believe that these convictions are based on evidence that isn’t credible and a trial that isn’t fair,

We have been open. We have been transparent. We have nothing to hide.

We support the AU mission and we will be working together with the AU and our other partners in the international community to see that government in Mauritania is consistent with international standards and respects...

The secretary did not misspeak. The secretary knows exactly what he was talking about. And there should be, I think, no question in our mind of casting doubt or walking it back.

Syria is obliged to abide by the terms of security council resolutions. They are clearly not co-operating and this is a matter of serious concern.

Twelve months of palace rule have only made the security situation more precarious, emboldened the Maoist insurgents, and widened the division between the country’s political parties and the King.

This is an opportunity to make up for that trip.

We also call upon the king to hand over power to the political parties and for the political parties to shoulder their responsibility and turn the people’s demands for democracy and good governance into reality.

Our goal is to build the broadest possible consensus.

It could not have happened without their, at a minimum, tacit involvement.

That’s not true. There are no plans for a trip at this point with Assistant Secretary Shannon to Venezuela.

It has not been abolished. It’s been frozen.

This is unfortunately not inconsistent with past North Korean practice, which is to ignore the needs of its people and let them starve for inexplicable reasons.

We are interested in ways that we can help support the Palestinian people and the Palestinian leadership as they try to emerge from the past years of conflict and violence.

Such violence is inconsistent with LTTE claims to be committed to the peace process.

We’ve also seen a number of developments over the past couple of weeks during the parliamentary elections that raise serious concerns about the path of political reform in Egypt.

We will continue to hold President Chen by his commitments not to take unilateral moves. We will be following events closely.

We have a shared interest in continuing this cooperation.

What’s clear and, I think, should be no surprise to any of us is that Azerbaijan is an important country in the region, as well as to the United States.

Does Syria not care that young guys from Yemen or Saudi Arabia or Afghanistan or Iran come into Damascus airport with a one-way ticket and no job and no place to stay and then find...

There were major irregularities and fraud that are of serious concern.

We are saddened by the death of Sudanese in Cairo today and we extend our condolences to the families of the victims and our sympathies to those who are injured.

Our dealings with Venezuela and our contacts with Venezuela are mostly through our embassy. There was a Venezuelan official here a couple of weeks ago, met with Assistant Secretary Shannon and other State Department officials,...

We have met with them, we have talked with them, we have provided them information, … We have been engaged regularly and consistently to … respond to their requests for information, to engage with them...

There are forces seeking to prevent democracy and obstruct the peaceful political and economic development of Iraq. They seek to achieve their goals in a number of ways. But, as I said before, promoting sectarian...

This is not about a speech by our ambassador, it’s about failed economic policies of the government of Zimbabwe and President Mugabe.

It’s up to the (UN) special investigator to determine what he wants and what he needs, not up to the Syrians.

The US is deeply concerned by reports that Charles Taylor fled.

We do not support Taiwan independence, and we oppose unilateral changes to the status quo by either side.

Under the road map, Israel has made a commitment to stop settlement activity, and sticking to that commitment is important.

The fundamentals haven’t changed, which are that it is up to Iran to respond positively, cooperatively and meaningfully to address the concerns of the international community. It still hasn’t done that.

We certainly don’t think it has been disposed of in a transparent manner.

We view these developments as disturbing — deeply disturbing and we view them with serious concerns.

I don’t see the connection, frankly.

We are appalled by these reports and are horrified that thousands of children orphaned by this disaster are vulnerable to exploitation by criminal elements who seek to profit from their misery.

Unfortunately the aid has been suspended because North Korea has said they are not going to distribute food anymore.

I think it is fair to say that both the U.S. government and the Ukrainian government share a common concern and a dedication to acting to prevent or to find out and prevent cases of...

The murder of an opposition politician is a serious crime.

We believe that he should now hand power over to the parties and assume a ceremonial role in his country’s governance.

We’re applying what we’ve learned from the previous earthquake, so that we can be prepared to be responsive quickly and in a meaningful way.

Our senior officials responsible for the regions concerned have met or have had a conference call today.

Nick offered the condolences of the US government to the people of Iran, the government of Iran for the loss of lives and on behalf of the US government, offered our assistance to the families...

raises questions about the way the rule of law is applied in Russia, and is perhaps politically and selectively applied.

The baseline is the same. Is Iran going to suspend enrichment activity? Is Iran going to return to the negotiations? Or is Iran going to continue, as we think they have, to stall and prevaricate...

It didn’t include any mention of the terrorist groups that are responsible for the ongoing violence in the region and for trying to destroy the efforts of the many well-intentioned parties to bring peace to...

We are working with the Europeans, working with the other members of the board of governors to fashion a response that fully reflects the concerns of the international community, sends a strong message about the...

They will also look to the long term, over the horizon, to the future of U.S. and Chinese relations and what we hope that the relationship will look like.

We take them seriously. And we expect that they’ll be sustained.