We have a war against Daesh (the Islamic State, or IS) in Syria.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRWe have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.
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When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism.
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That has a continuous and robust inspection mechanism and that has snap-back provisions in case Iran violates the agreement.
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Iran put to death more than a thousand people last year. I don’t see EU reporting on it.
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That involves the establishment of a governing council, which is to take power away from Bashar Assad,
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This will make the transition happen with less death and destruction.
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Today it’s a little bit more complicated.
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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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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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Iran is responsible for a number of terrorist attacks in the Kingdom,
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That would be a different story. But I don’t think World War III is going to happen in Syria.
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We have a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time.
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The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before.
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We both have an interest in stable energy markets.
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But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them.
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Do you want us to lead, or do you want us to play a supporting role?
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Twenty million Russians are Muslims.
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If you want to have children, go to your wife and make new ones.” [Bashar] Assad’s people rebelled.
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We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.
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Iran hangs people and leaves their bodies hanging on cranes.
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As long as Iran’s aggressive policies continue
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The Russians say their objective is to defeat Daesh, too.
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A policy of assassinating diplomats and of attacking embassies.
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The Iranians know what they need to do in order to become a responsible member of the international community and in order to become a good neighbor, and it’s really up to them to change their behavior.
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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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People are saying, “Oh my God, Saudi Arabia has changed.” It’s a contradiction.
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We have a legal system, and we have a penal code.
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