“The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.”

This will make the transition happen with less death and destruction.

Bashar Assad has said many things. We will see in the near term whether he is serious about a political process.

It was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force.

To write a constitution and to open the way for elections.

We both have an interest in stable energy markets.

We warned when the crisis began in 2011 that unless it was resolved quickly

We both want a unified Syria that is stable in which all Syrians enjoy equal rights.

You cannot lecture another people about what you think is right or wrong based on your value system unless you’re willing to accept others imposing their value system on you.

Then I tell them: Don’t keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.

We want to have good ties with the Iranians, but if they want good ties with us

It is important that Bashar leaves in the beginning, not at the end of the process.

Twenty million Russians are Muslims.

Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering with the affairs of its neighbors

Like Russia, we have an interest in fighting radicalism and extremism.

Just like we respect your legal system, you [europeans] should respect our legal system.

The longer it takes, the worse it will get.

I always wanted to be a musician.

The work of art wants to draw people out of their state of comfort.

Swedes, we are not – Russians, we do not want to become … so let us be Finnish.

I dreamed of any medal, but frankly speaking, I wanted a gold one.

I had met a young lady who wanted to be in the theater.

The battle is tough but if you reach where you want to go, then at least in some sense it is worth it.

Krzhizhanovsky wanted to perform imaginary experiments with the nature of time and space.

I remember telling my classmates when I was 8-years-old that (being a sportscaster) is what I wanted to do.