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Statement by White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs on Construction in East Jerusalem

For Immediate Release "The United States opposes new Israeli construction in East Jerusalem. The status of Jerusalem is a permanent status issue that must be resolved by the parties through negotiations and supported by the international community. Neither party should engage in efforts or take actions that could unilaterally pre-empt, or appear to pre-empt, negotiations. Rather, both parties should return to negotiations without preconditions as soon as possible. The United States recognizes that Jerusalem is a deeply important issue for Israelis and Palestinians, and for Jews, Muslims, and Christians. We believe that through good faith negotiations the parties can ...

Readout of the President's Call with Armenian President Sargsian

that the normalization talks should move forward without preconditions and within a reasonable timeframe.  President Obama pledged his full support for a process that would result in normalization of relations between the two countries and a brighter future for all ...

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 4/9/12

? MR. CARNEY: Can I -- let me get to you. Let me get through the first few people here. Jake and then Jessica. Q On Iran and the Saturday meeting with the P5-plus-1. Iran has said that they reject preconditions for the meeting. Will the meeting go ahead even with Iran rejecting preconditions? MR. CARNEY: There are not -- the meeting, we look forward to, and we believe it’s important that this meeting takes place in Istanbul. What we’ve agreed to is to launch a new round of talks ...

Remarks by President Obama and President Lee Myung-bak in Joint Press Conference

.  And what are some of the preconditions in order to resume the six-party talks? The last question was also going out to both President Obama and President Lee. PRESIDENT OBAMA:  You just asked three questions.  It's hard to remember them ... are being discussed as we move forward to implementing the 2015 plan. And so there are no specific preconditions around -- or specific obstacles around the missile range issue.  Rather it's a broader question of what are the needs in order for us ...

Joint Fact Sheet on Strengthening U.S.-China Economic Relations

and opening up and welcomes and encourages, as always, foreign investment.  China reiterates that technology transfer and technological cooperation shall be decided by businesses independently and will not be used by the Chinese government as a pre-condition ...

Joint Press Conference by President Obama, President Calderon of Mexico, and Prime Minister Harper of Canada

there, to be a player, are you willing to give up as a precondition our supply management system? And, President Obama, you said earlier that there needs to be high standards for a country to be there.  I’m wondering whether you think, yet, Canada ...

Ambassador Susan Rice Addresses the United Nations Women Executive Board

states voted to put women’s challenges and opportunities at their rightful place at the forefront of the UN’s mission. This commitment is not simply about equality and fairness.  Empowering women is a precondition for development, prosperity, and security ...

The President Meets with Prime Minister Berlusconi, Comments on Iran

Posted on June 15, 2009 at 07:55 PM EDT

Type: Blog Post, Includes Video

with Mr. Ahmadinejad without preconditions?  And also, do you have anything to say, any message to send to people who are on the streets protesting, who believe their votes were stolen and who are being attacked violently? PRESIDENT OBAMA:  Obviously ...

Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 12/16/2011

dealing with other spending measures, are you guys planning to make increasing taxes on the top end a precondition to some of those discussions?  Can you give us a sense as to where -- MR. CARNEY:  First of all, I’m not aware of any spending measures ...

Briefing by U.S. Special Envoy for Middle East Peace George Mitchell

, can you start final status negotiations without the settlement issue being resolved? And should that happen? SENATOR MITCHELL: We are not identifying any issue as being a precondition or an impediment to negotiation. Neither the President, nor the Secretary, nor I have ever said of any one issue, that or any other, that it is a precondition to negotiations. What we have said is that we want to get into negotiations. We believe the suggestions that we've made and the requests that we've made would, if accepted and acted upon, create the most favorable conditions available to try to achieve success in those negotiations. But we do not believe in preconditions. We do not impose them. And we urge others not to impose preconditions. MR. GIBBS: Thanks ...