Like Russia, we have an interest in fighting radicalism and extremism.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRWe have a war against Daesh (the Islamic State, or IS) in Syria.
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After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism.
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It will allow the moderate opposition to be able to neutralize the helicopters and aircraft that are dropping chemicals and have been carpet-bombing them
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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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Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state.
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We have no interest in seeing an unstable Yemen or seeing a Yemen that is devastated.
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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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Iran hangs people and leaves their bodies hanging on cranes.
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Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach.
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Show me one Iranian diplomat we killed! I can show you many Saudi diplomats who were killed by Iran.
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Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?
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We both have an interest in stable energy markets.
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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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It is responsible for smuggling explosives and drugs into Saudi Arabia.
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The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.
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The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before.
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