We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRWe have always said there are two ways to resolve Syria, and both will end up with the same result: a Syria without Bashar Assad.
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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 longer it takes, the worse it will get.
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Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach.
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Daesh members wear shoes. Does this mean everybody who wears shoes is Daesh?
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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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But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them.
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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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All of this, however, is still in the discussion phase and in the initial planning phase.
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Iran is responsible for a number of terrorist attacks in the Kingdom,
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We support any deal that denies Iran nuclear weapons
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We have always said there are two ways to resolve Syria, and both will end up with the same result: a Syria without Bashar Assad.
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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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We both have an interest in stable energy markets.
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Other than our disagreement over Syria, I would say our relationship with Russia is very good and we are seeking to broaden and deepen it.
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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 believe that introducing surface-to-air missiles in Syria is going to change the balance of power on the ground.
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So he asked the Iranians to come in and help.
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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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The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted.
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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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Today it’s a little bit more complicated.
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We have a legal system, and we have a penal code.
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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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Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state.
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It is important that Bashar leaves in the beginning, not at the end of the process.
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