The way forward should also see the further development of long-term bilateral cooperation in such areas as the extension of international legal procedural norms, under conditions in which neither side is the demander and neither is the target. The way forward should see additional reciprocal unilateralist steps in areas of great sensitivity. This is as significant as required progress in formal bilateral settings. Already, the two sides have begun to show that they can make these gestures. The gathering record should speak for itself.
Standing still is equivalent, bicycle-style, to falling over.
If the two sides have decided to invest in the rebuilding of a crucial global relationship, it will not do to lose concentration, or to stow the follow-up plans in the back of the drawer. All rights reserved.