This increasingly became the likely outcome over the past few days, if not weeks, so it's not a surprise. I think the next stage has to be a healing process.

We have said right from the start, without negotiations, the document is not going anywhere. So we're happy finally that there's a recognition there has to be face-to-face negotiations. These will be difficult, these are a bit late. But it's not an impossible task,

We are looking at very, very difficult negotiations in the days ahead, ... strong positions, and many of us do have very strongly held positions. That's the nature of the game. My only regret is we didn't get into the negotiations early enough.

We are looking at very, very difficult negotiations in the days ahead,

I have no idea why my name or, in fact, any Pakistani name should have been pulled up. There are plenty of targets around, even for a fake plot. So, that was a bit surprising, to put it mildly,

Pakistan is against nonproliferation because it is always accompanied by disarmament. If [disarmament is] applied to some countries and not others, it will be dangerous to the security of the world This is not an issue of reaching compromises on language, this is an issue of national security.