John Negroponte

"I would say that our relationship with China is multifaceted and it's a very important relationship for the United States and I don't believe we need to make China an enemy."

U.S. Treasury Secretary, Henry Paulson, stressing the prime importance of maintaining a good bilateral relationship just before

his recent visit to China to address trade imbalance issues

"We have a strong sense, and the DPRK has a strong sense, that this approach is the right approach."

U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Christopher Hill, telling reporters on March 6 that Washington and Pyongyang are on the "right track" for normalizing relations

"The flexibility is sufficient for the moment."

China's Central Banker Zhou Xiaochuan, hinting on March 5 the yuan's trading band could be widened later this year

"We'll have no stability in Europe if we force Russia into a corner."

Luxembourg Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn, attacking a U.S. plan to base a missile defense system in eastern Europe as threatening to cause new tensions with Russia

"Such aggressive, crass and volatile political claims would definitely threaten the political and economic status across the Taiwan Strait and inside Taiwan."

Editorial of Taiwan Commercial Times, lashing out at Taiwan leader Chen Shui-bian's March 4 secessionist remarks, in which he pledged to seek "independence" of the island

"The UN Security Council should set a timetable for the withdrawal of all foreign troops from Iraq."

Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa, explaining the stand of the

Cairo-based organization at a meeting of Arabic foreign ministers on March 4

"Empowering women is not only a goal in itself. It is a condition for building better lives for everyone on the planet."

UN Secretary General Ban Ki Moon, calling on women and men to unite in a cause that embraces all humankind in a March 7 speech marking the International Women's Day