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“Saddam Hussein was the one person after whom the United States went, and they ruined the country.”
“NATO has a special relationship with countries far away from Europe: Australia, Japan, South Korea. They have joint projects and programmes which are being implemented without these countries becoming members of NATO.”
“The Americans have taken the course of confrontation and do not assess their own steps critically at all.”
“For years, we have been asking the E.U. to create something similar to the Russia-NATO council. Not in order to simply exchange opinions and work out recommendations, but to make decisions.”
“Humanitarian issues must bring together all people who act in good faith trying to alleviate the suffering of people in dire need - especially women, children and the elderly.”
“I hope that the United States would cooperate with the partners to reduce its debt. The debt is a problem. The debt is with you, but unfortunately, the debt is not only with you but with us and with the rest of the world because we all, one way or another, are dependent on the dollar.”
“The struggle against terrorists in the territory of Syria should be structured in cooperation with the Syrian government, which clearly stated its readiness to join it.”
“Russian citizens being attacked is an attack against the Russian Federation.”
“On September 11, 2001, Russia's then-president, Vladimir Putin, called U.S. President George W. Bush - making Putin the first international leader to speak with Bush after the attacks.”
“We keep our reserves both in dollars and in Euros mostly.”
“We are categorically against proliferation of nuclear weapons.”
“If you say that your national law allows you to do something, it is fine as long as you do this inside your own territory. As long as you go international, you really have to be sure that there is an international law which you respect and which you follow.”
“We are categorically against any new military nuclear power, be it Iran, be it North Korea, be it anyone.”
“We can say that Japan is the only country that calls into question the outcome of the Second World War; no one else does.”
“When Ukrainians kill Ukrainians, I believe this is as close to a civil war as you can get.”
“We are not wedded to anyone in Syria. We are not concerned with any personality. We are concerned with keeping Syria in one piece, territorially integral, sovereign, independent and secular, where the rights of all groups, ethnic and others, are fully respected.”