Parts of speech

“I am not feeling sad at leaving office, but I do regret that I haven’t achieved all that I hoped. I feel guilty that my health should force me to quit before I finished my course and that I did not take enough care of myself but who can escape illness? The decision to resign was not easy but was right. Whatever one does should be done properly, and there can be no compromise when the job is that of the Prime Minister. I have made way for someone else as soon as I realized I could no longer give of my best.”
S.Bayar, in his last speech to Parliament as Prime Minister.


“The investment agreement was signed with a very broad coalition representing 80% of the members of Parliament. It wasn’t the Prime Minister. We are quite confident that Mr. Bayar’s decision to stand down won’t impact the agreement.”
Nick Cobban, a spokesman for Rio Tinto.


“No, Ministers and others who worked so hard on the Oyu Tolgoi investment agreement would not get any extra monetary rewards. Nor do we expect any. I remember that during negotiations, the investors’ side expressed their surprise that while they had hired very expensive economists and lawyers, our side consisted only of politicians.”
S.Bayartsogt, Finance Minister.


“We have kept to the date agreed upon to pay the first instalment of the advance payment and you will see that we will similarly stick to all other parts of the agreement.”
Peter Meredith, Deputy Chairman of Ivanhoe Mines.
 

“We want to be the builder, not the auctioneer of Oyu Tolgoi, and intend to be around for the long term to fulfill our responsibilities.”
Robert Friedland, Ivanhoe Mines Chairman.

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