Is Russia worried that defeating Daesh will open the door for defeating Bashar Assad?
ADEL AL-JUBEIRWe expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.
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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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I don’t believe in the theory that the United States is reducing its presence in the Middle East.
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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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All of this, however, is still in the discussion phase and in the initial planning phase.
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These people are criminals. They’re psychopaths.
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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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There is a political process which we are trying to achieve through what is called the Vienna Group.
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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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Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach.
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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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We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.
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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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There is nothing to encourage.
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Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia.
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This will make the transition happen with less death and destruction.
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Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?
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We don’t tolerate terrorism.
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The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before.
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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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As long as Iran’s aggressive policies continue
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The country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are coming true.
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So he asked the Iranians to come in and help.
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We have capital punishment. America has capital punishment. Iran has capital punishment.
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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 is responsible for smuggling explosives and drugs into Saudi Arabia.
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We go after the terrorists and those who support them and those who justify their actions.
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