Excerpts From Joint Press Availability With Chinese Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi

“We're at the cusp of something very special here.  We have had a successful round in terms of the shut down of the Yongbyon reactor.  We have had progress on the disablement of those facilities and now it is time to move on.”

“I am expecting from China what I am expecting from others, that we will use all influence possible with the North Koreans to convince them that it is time to move forward. I just want to state that the United States is prepared to move forward with its obligations if North Korea moves forward on the ones that it has undertaken.”

 “Taiwan is a democratic entity that will have to make its own decision but I think we have been very clear that we think that this referendum is not going to help anyone and in fact it shouldn't be held.”