"Sanctions are both highly effective and necessary."
"She welcomes the U.S. approach, but she believes that there should be a parallel dialogue with the opposition."
"It's also going to be a critical component of what China does in the future."
"I don't think we should vilify regimes, even if we don't like them, because it makes negotiations more difficult."
"I think we shouldn't get too hung up on the process. I think the elections may or may not be free and fair. I doubt they'll be fully free and fair."
"I think the United States--we prepared intensively, we laid out what our goals were and how we would want to go about a dialogue."
"We think that the best approach, going forward, is a process of internal dialogue."
"Though positive change in all areas will have to come from the inside, I believe the outside world can make a difference in enabling that change and making it sustainable."
"a significant portion of which is usually channeled to assist exile groups conducting covert operations inside the country."
"For me, that is my bottom line on the process that is now in place."
"Sanctions also deny the legitimacy the regime is seeking desperately."