Secretary Clinton, speaking following a brief meeting with President Zuma in Durban, said she and South Africa's international relations and cooperation minister have been instructed by the leaders of their two countries, to work at building stronger ties.

VOA: standard.2009.08.08

Mr.Wen says the strongest impression he got from his three days in Pyongyang was that North Korea not only hopes to improve relations with the United States, but also hopes to have better ties with South Korea and Japan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.10

Meir Javedanfar,an Iranian-born Middle East analyst in Tel Aviv says that he thinks the United States will have to make substantial concessions before the Iranian leadership considers improving ties with Washington: "I think if America can offer Iran something that has equal value or exceeds the value of Iran's nuclear program, then the Iranians might consider it.

VOA: standard.2009.03.21