1. The official American view was: 'we've been waiting for Iran to agree to re-engage?We believe that Iran knows Cathy Ashton's number we would hope they would call', 24 thus challenging the view that Ashton's appointment meant '[t]here would be no new telephone number for Henry Kissinger' (Howorth 2010: 456). With Ashton in the chair, there was evidence by this point that EU Foreign Ministers previously 'given to hand-wringing over Burma now discuss engagement 20 Quoted in T. Barber, 'Ashton rejects criticism over lack of experience;Financial Times,2010
2. Profile: Baroness Catherine Ashton;BBC,2010