Then I tell them: Don’t keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRI don’t think anyone can predict what the short term will look like. In the long term, it will be a Syria without Bashar Assad
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But I don’t believe it comes at the expense of the Middle East.
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You cannot impose your values on us, otherwise the world will become the law of the jungle.
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This will make the transition happen with less death and destruction.
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And Iran is responsible for setting up sectarian militias in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, whose objective is to destabilize those countries.
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We have no interest in seeing an unstable Yemen or seeing a Yemen that is devastated.
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If, as we decided in Munich, there will be a cessation of hostilities and humanitarian assistance can flow into Syria – then this will open the door for the beginning of the political transition process.
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Today it’s a little bit more complicated.
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It was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force.
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To write a constitution and to open the way for elections.
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Saudi Arabia has said that if the US-led coalition against Daesh is prepared to engage in ground operations
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Our concern is that Iran will use the income it receives as a result of the lifting of the nuclear sanctions in order to fund its nefarious activities in the region.
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We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.
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Every society decides what its laws are, and it’s the people who make decisions with regards to these laws.
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Is Russia worried that defeating Daesh will open the door for defeating Bashar Assad?
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And if you want us to play a supporting role, then tell us who is going to lead.
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The longer it takes, the worse it will get.
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But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them.
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The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.
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Even the disagreement over Syria is more of a tactical one than a strategic one.
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There is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group.
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We have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.
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We want to have good ties with the Iranians, but if they want good ties with us
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We have the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, and people should respect this.
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Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach.
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Just like we respect your legal system, you [europeans] should respect our legal system.
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I don’t think anyone can predict what the short term will look like. In the long term, it will be a Syria without Bashar Assad
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