We do believe we've put ourselves in a better position to get that agreement as a result of the work that we've done in the last week. But such an agreement is by no means a sure thing. It will require some tough choices by both sides if we're going to get such an agreement. The preparations continue, and will probably continue up to the moment when the leaders arrive for their first meeting on Thursday morning. But I will not eliminate hurdles.
Hurdles are big.
We're going to try to broaden the areas of agreement and the understandings underlying that. As far as whether we can achieve an agreement, which is what the report refers to, nobody knows the answer to that question. The only people who can contribute to answering it in the affirmative are the two leaders who need to make the tough decisions. Well, I wouldn't be in a position to describe his side of the phone conversation. But whether we will be able to do so remains an open question.