I don’t believe in the theory that the United States is reducing its presence in the Middle East.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRThat would be a different story. But I don’t think World War III is going to happen in Syria.
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Bashar Assad has said many things. We will see in the near term whether he is serious about a political process.
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The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before.
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The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.
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When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism.
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What we want is stability and security so we can focus on our own development.
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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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Quite the contrary, in the Gulf, we see an increase in American military presence, as well as an increase in American investments.
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We have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.
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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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Let’s not forget: This all began when you had eight- and nine-year-old children writing graffiti on walls.
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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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Then I tell them: Don’t keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.
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We have capital punishment. America has capital punishment. Iran has capital punishment.
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A coalition that was led by the United States, with Saudi Arabia being one of the first members of that coalition.
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Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia.
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