we have the distinguished bob einhorn in the room. bob is the architect of an important agreement with the north koreans on missiles that fell apart because the north koreans will not honor their obligations. we've tried quadrilateral talks. certainly we've tried sicy eied talks. i just heard my friend and former boss and predecessor chris hill give a talk on his new book in which he describes if efforts and the frustrations of reaching an agreement with the north koreans only to see it unravel as they start negotiating again from scratch and consider commitments the way that famously italians considered red lights, as merely a suggestion. we're not giving up. because our objective, and i'd venture -- although diplomats aren't supposed to do this, to speak for the chinese, saying this is a shared objective, is to find it peaceful path to halt, roll back, and ultimately eliminate north korea's nuclear and nuclear missile program and ambition. of course we want to do this peacefully. the fact is, the simple and unfortunate fact is that t

my name is bob einhorn from the brookings institute. i'd like to welcome you to this panel discussion on the iran yan nuclear development program and the recent developments in the last few days in vienna. >>> as you know, vienna agreed to extend the negotiations for a second time. they agreed to seek a political arrangement, a political agreement within about four months. and they agreed to try to final oizize the details of any political agreement within seven months or approximately by late june. during this period, the interim arrangements that were worked out november, 2013, will remain in place. these are the arrangements under a deal called the joint plan of action. and so iran's nuclear program will remain frozen in all critical respects. the modest sanctions relief will continue mostly in asia. but during this period, the most impactful of the economic sanctions, those on banking and oil will remain in place. secretary of state, john kerry, gave a press -- had a press event yesterday in vienna. and the secretary made the case f

we have a distinguished bob einhorn in the room. bob was the architect of an important agreement with the north koreans on missiles that fell apart because the north koreans will not honor their obligations. we've tried quadrilateral talks, and certainly we've tried six-party talks. and i just heard my friend and former boss and predecessor, chris hill, give a talk on his new book out posts in which he described the efforts and the frustrations of reaching an agreement with the north koreans, only to see it unravel as they start negotiating again from scratch and consider commitments the way that famously battalions considered red lights, as merely a suggestion. -- italians considered. we are not giving up because our objective, and i venture, although diplomats aren't supposed to do this, to speak for the chinese, in saying this is a shared of jacket, is to find a peaceful path to halt, rollback, and ultimately eliminate north korea's nuclear, nuclear missile program and ambition. of course we want to do this peacefully. the fact is

we have distinguished bob einhorn in the room.up is the archetype of an important agreement with the north koreans on missiles that fell apart because the north koreans will not honor their obligations. we have tried quadrilateral toxins certainly we have tried six party talks and i just heard my friend and former boston predecessor, chris hill talk on his new book in which he describes the efforts and frustration of reaching an agreement with the north koreans only to see it unravel as they start negotiating from scratch and consider commitments the way that famously italians considered red lights, merely a suggestion. we are not giving up because our object is an adventure diplomats are supposed to do this, to speak for the chinese insane this is a shared object to is to find a peaceful path to halt, rollback and ultimately eliminate north korea's nuclear missile program and ambition. of course we want to do this peacefully. the fact is simple. an unfortunate fact is that it's not what north korea wants. north korea's laboring u