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 The Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs, currently headed by Assistant Secretary Christopher R. Hill, deals with U.S. foreign policy and U.S. relations with the countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
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Six-Party Talks
 Assistant Secretary Hill (Sept. 30): "Obviously this has been a very difficult period. We have had a number of discussions with our Six-Party partners, including last week in New York when Secretary Rice and Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan discussed this. And we also talked about the fact that we had been in touch with the North Koreans through the New York channel, and the fact that we have decided to move those discussions to Pyongyang." Full Text | More on Travel |
Partnership Between the U.S.and Vietnam
 Deputy Secretary Negroponte (Sept. 12): "The United States aims to deepen our economic and commercial ties, to expand our diplomatic cooperation, encourage reform, and broaden our cooperation to enhance regional peace and security. Our Joint Advisory Committee on Agent Orange and Dioxin is also meeting here in Hanoi this week. Its work is another example of successful cooperation that is producing positive results." Full Text
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Six-Party Talks and Implementation Activities
 Assistant Secretary Hill's statement before Senate Committee on Armed Services on the status of our efforts to achieve the verifiable denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula through the Six-Party process as well as our broader vision – as outlined in the September 2005 Joint Statement – of a region where the benefits of human rights protections and economic development. View Video |
U.S. and New Zealand: Sharing Common Ideals
 Secretary Rice (July 26): "New Zealand and the U.S....have a long history of partnership. It is one that is grounded in common interests, but it is elevated by common ideals...defined by the warmth and respect of two nations, but more importantly, of two peoples who are bound together by countless ties of friendship, family, and shared experience." Full Text l Remarks with Foreign Minister Peters | Remarks With Prime Minister Clark | More from the Secretary's trip |
| | | Highlights | U.S. Engagement in Southeast Asia
DAS Marciel's remarks to the Center for Strategic International Studies Meeting on "U.S. and Southeast Asia: Toward a Strategy for Enhanced Engagement".
Travel to Asia
Deputy Secretary Negroponte traveled to Vietnam, Cambodia and Hong Kong Special Administrative Region September 10 - 18 for discussions with his counterparts on a broad range of bilateral and global issues.
President's Trip to Asia
 President and Mrs. Bush visited the Republic of Korea, Thailand, and People’s Republic of China from August 4 until August 11, 2008.
President Bush's Meeting with Chinese Freedom Activists
 On July 29, President Bush met with five Chinese freedom activists to discuss his concerns about human rights in China. The President assured them that he will carry the message of freedom as he travels to Beijing for the games, just as he has regularly made this a priority in all of his meetings with Chinese officials. Full Statement |
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