But I don’t believe it comes at the expense of the Middle East.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRThe argument is more accurate when one says America is focusing more attention to the Far East.
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This will make the transition happen with less death and destruction.
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We had no other option – there was a radical militia allied with Iran and Hezbollah that took over the country.
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After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism.
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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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Then I tell them: Don’t keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.
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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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And if you want us to play a supporting role, then tell us who is going to lead.
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We have a legal system, and we have a penal code.
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The whole world was saying that the countries of the regions should step up and resolve their problems, so we stepped up.
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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 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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When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism.
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It’s going to be bad for the region. Iran has to decide whether it wants a revolution or a nation-state.
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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 interest in seeing an unstable Yemen or seeing a Yemen that is devastated.
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Just like surface-to-air missiles in Afghanistan were able to change the balance of power there.
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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 was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force.
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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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A policy of assassinating diplomats and of attacking embassies.
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It seems people don’t read or listen. Our scholars and our media have been very outspoken.
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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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The longer it takes, the worse it will get.
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Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?
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Iran is the only country around the negotiating table that has not been attacked by either al-Qaida or Daesh.
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We both want a unified Syria that is stable in which all Syrians enjoy equal rights.
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