Public Statements on South and Central Asian Policy 2007

--12/27/07  Assassination of Benazir Bhutto ; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--12/21/07  On-The-Record Briefing on U.S.-Pakistan Relations; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs ; Via Teleconference Call ; Washington, DC
--12/21/07  Suicide Attack at Sherpao Mosque in Pakistan
--12/17/07  Interview With Navbahor Imamova of Voice of America; Evan Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--12/06/07  U.S. Foreign Assistance to Pakistan; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary Of State For South And Central Asian Affairs; Before the Senate Committee on Foreign Relations Subcommittee on International Development, Foreign Economic Affairs and International Environmental Protection; Washington, DC
--11/30/07  National Conference of the South Asian Free Media Association Pakistan; Annie W. Patterson, U.S. Ambassador tp Pakistan; Remarks to South Asian Free Media Association; Islamabad Marriott, Pakistan
--11/20/07  The U.S.-Kazakhstan Relationship; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State South and Central Asian Affairs; Press Roundtable; Astana, Kazakhstan
--11/18/07  Bangladesh: U.S. Government Disaster Relief Support Following Cyclone Sidr; Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--11/18/07  Remarks on Pakistan; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Islamabad, Pakistan
--11/18/07  Remarks to the Press in Islamabad, Pakistan; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Islamabad, Pakistan
--11/16/07  Public-Private Partnership for Justice Reform in Afghanistan
--11/13/07  The Pursuit of Black Gold: Pipeline Politics on the Caspian Sea; Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs, Evan A. Feigenbaum; Remarks In Panel Discussion Hosted at Council on Foreign Relations; New York City
--11/07/07  Democracy, Authoritarianism, and Terrorism in Contemporary Pakistan; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Opening Statement Before House Foreign Affairs Committee; Washington, DC
--10/18/07  America's Strategic Opportunity With India ; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Article in Nov/Dec issue of Foreign Affairs
--09/28/07  Remarks to the Heritage Foundation; John Gastright, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to...; Washington, DC
--09/27/07  Remarks at Iftaar Held at the Foreign Press Center; Steven R. Mann, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia;  ; Washington, DC
--09/20/07  Remarks to Paul H. Nitze School for Advanced International Studies; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--09/17/07  “Turning the Page” in U.S.-Turkmenistan Relations; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State South and Central Asian Affairs; Prepared Remarks; The Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, Washington, DC
--09/12/07  U.S.-Pakistan Strategic Dialogue ; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Joint Press Conference; Islamabad, Pakistan
--09/11/07  Press Roundtable in Afghanistan; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Kabul, Afghanistan
--09/06/07  Remarks to the Press: Discussing Afghanistan; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Berlin, Germany
--09/06/07  The Shanghai Cooperation Organization and the Future of Central Asia; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; The Nixon Center; Washington, DC
--08/06/07  Interview With Aajtak of India; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Interview Via Telephone; Washington, DC
--08/06/07  Interview With CNN IBN of India; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Interview Via Telephone; Washington, DC
--08/06/07  Interview With NDTV of India; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Interview Via Telephone; Washington, DC
--08/06/07  Interview With Times Now of India; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Interview Via Telephone; Washington, DC
--08/03/07  U.S.-India Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs; Roundtable With South Asian Journalists; Washington, DC
--08/02/07  On-the-Record Briefing on Afghanistan; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--08/01/07  Pakistan: Critical Foreign Policy Goals; John Gastright, Deputy Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on the Middle East and Sounth Asia; Washington, DC
--08/01/07  Political Crises in South Asia: Recent Developments in Nepal and Sri Lanka; Steven R. Mann, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Statement before the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Subcommittee on the Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC
--07/27/07  On-The-Record Briefing on the Status of the U.S.-India Civil Nuclear Cooperation Initiative and the Text of the Bilateral Agreement for Peaceful Nuclear Cooperation (123 Agreement); R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Washington, DC
--07/27/07  United States and India Complete Civil Nuclear Negotiations; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--07/25/07  Statement on U.S.-Pakistan Relations; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Statement Before the Senate Committee On Foreign Relations ; Washington, DC
--07/23/07  The Passing of Muhammad Zahir Shah, Former King of Afghanistan; Statement by Secretary Condoleezza Rice; Washington, DC
--07/20/07  U.S.-India Joint Press Statement
--07/18/07  Growth in Central Asia; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asia; Remarks at the South and Central Asia Regional Economic Integration Meeting; Washington, DC
--07/18/07  Regional Economic Integration; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to Participants of the Third Annual Meeting of the U.S.-Central Asia Trade and Investment Framework Agreement; U.S. Chamber of Commerce; Washington, DC
--07/17/07  Briefing on Pakistan; Richard Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--07/12/07  Testimony on Pakistan; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Opening Remarks Before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee On National Security and Foreign Affairs; Washington, DC
--06/26/07  Press Conference; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
--06/26/07  Remarks to the Press at Old Presidential Palace; Evan a. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Aghgabat, Turkmenistan
--06/20/07  15th Annual U.S.-Pakistan Friendship Day; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks as Prepared for Delivery; Washington, DC
--06/16/07  Press Conference in Islamabad, Pakistan; John D. Negroponte, Deputy Secretary of State; Islamabad, Pakistan
--06/15/07  Panel Discussion With Pakistani Television Media; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affair; Islamabad, Pakistan; Washington, DC
--06/14/07  Remarks at Farewell Reception for Kanat Saudabayev, State Secretary of the Republic of Kazakhstan and Outgoing Ambassador to the United States; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--06/11/07  Pakistan Endorses the U.S.-Russia-led Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
--06/11/07  Press Conference; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
--06/11/07  Press Interview with Agym Newspaper; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Bishkek, Kyrgyz Republic
--06/08/07  Interview With Chris Chivers, New York Times; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--05/31/07  Interview With Anwar Iqbal of Dawn TV ; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--05/31/07  Interview on Watan Television, Turkemnistan; Steven R. Mann, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs ; Ashkabat, Turkmenistan
--05/21/07  Iranian Expulsion of Afghan Migrants (Taken Question)
--05/14/07  Israel, Afghanistan and Sri Lanka Join Global Initiative to Combat Nuclear Terrorism
--05/14/07  Roundtable With East-West Center Journalists Tour; Richard A Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to the Press; Washington, DC
--05/11/07  Interview with Mikhail Solodovnikov of RTR Russian Television; Evan Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--05/10/07  Press Conference; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to the Press at the Cinnamon Grand Hotel ; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--05/02/07  Conviction of Umida Niyazova
--05/01/07  State Department Officials Meet with Indian Foreign Secretary Menon
--04/30/07  India (Taken Question)
--04/26/07  15th Anniversary Celebration of U.S.-Central Asia Relations ; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--04/20/07  Kyrgyz Republic: Interference with Independent Media
--04/18/07  Press Conference on the Multidimensional Relationship With Kyrgyzstan; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; U.S. Embassy Kyrgystan; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
--04/17/07  United States and Kyrgyzstan: A Strong and Productive Partnership; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks at Kyrgyz National University; Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan
--04/13/07  Fifteen years of U.S.-Tajik Relations: Look Toward the Future; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to the Tajikistan Center for Strategic Research Conference on the 15th Anniversary of U.S.-Tajik Relations; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
--04/13/07  Remarks to the Press; Evan Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Dushanbe, Tajikistan
--04/06/07  Interview with Sidharth Bhatia of Daily News & Analysis (DNA); Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of South and Central Asian Affairs; Mumbai, India
--03/26/07  Remarks at the Business Partnerships in Higher Education Luncheon Hosted by the Indo-American Chamber of Commerce; Ambassador Karen P. Hughes, Under Secretary for Public Affairs and Public Diplomacy; As prepared for delivery; Mumbai, India
--03/24/07  Higher Education: A Keystone in U.S.- India Relations; Karen P. Hughes, Under Secretary of Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs; Op-Ed; The Times of India
--03/20/07  American Business and Government: Partners in Central Asia; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary of State South and Central Asian Affairs; As Prepared Remarks to the U.S.-Kazakhstan Business Association and the American-Uzbekistan Chamber of Commerce; Washington, DC
--03/15/07  The U.S.- Pakistan Relationship Remains Strong; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to the Press; Islamabad, Pakistan
--03/09/07  Sri Lanka: Development and Domestic Prosperity; Steven Mann, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Colombo, Sri Lanka
--03/08/07  Moving Forward in Afghanistan ; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee; Washington, DC
--03/07/07  A Regional Overview of South Asia; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Before the House Committee on Foreign Affairs; Subcommittee on Middle East and South Asia; Washington, DC
--03/02/07  U.S. - Uzbek Relationship; Evan A. Feigenbaum, U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for South and Central Asian Affairs; Tashkent, Uzbekistan
--02/27/07  Interview With Maria Kosygina of Vremya Newspaper; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Astana, Kazakhstan
--02/22/07  U.S.-India Relations in the Global Context; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs and Indian Foreign Secretary Shiv Shankar Menon; Remarks at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Washington, DC
--02/16/07  Press Conference: Potential of Turkmenistan; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks to Public Affairs Section of U.S. Embassy; Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
--02/15/07  President Bush Discusses Progress in Afghanistan, Global War on Terror; President George W. Bush; The Mayflower Hotel; Washington, DC
--02/15/07  Remarks Following Meeting With Turkmenistan President Gurbanguly Berdimuhammedov; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Ashgabat, Turkmenistan
--02/06/07  Approach to Central Asia; Evan A. Feigenbaum, Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Remarks at the Central Asia-Caucasus Institute, Nitze School of Advanced International Studies; Johns Hopkins University, Washington, DC
--02/02/07  Interview With Conway Irwin of Argus Media; Steven R. Mann, Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Washington, DC
--01/30/07  Overall U.S. Effort in Afghanistan; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary; Remarks to the Press; Berlin, Germany
--01/26/07  Comprehensive Approach: Afghanistan; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary; Remarks to the Press ; Brussels, Belgium
--01/26/07  On-the-Record Briefing on Afghanistan; R. Nicholas Burns, Under Secretary for Political Affairs; Washington, DC
--01/25/07  Afghanistan and Pakistan Discussion Before NATO Ministerial Meeting; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary; Remarks toPress Roundtable; Brussels, Belgium
--01/12/07  Pakistan: Remarks to the Press; Richard A. Boucher, Assistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Islamabad, Pakistan
--01/11/07  Afghanistan: Remarks to the Press; Richard A. Boucher, Asistant Secretary for South and Central Asian Affairs; Kabul, Afghanistan