Yes, although to be fair, sir, I'd been out of teaching international law long enough to know that I'd better rely on people who really knew what they were talking about. As a minister should, I relied on the advice of the officials in the department, who were backed up by the Foreign Affairs officials. That was the advice I got, and certainly everything from my own experience told me that this was good advice.
On May 12th, 2010. See this statement in context.