What we want is stability and security so we can focus on our own development.
ADEL AL-JUBEIRIt’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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Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia.
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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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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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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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We expressed our readiness to join the US-led, international coalition against Daesh with special forces.
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You cannot lecture another people about what you think is right or wrong based on your value system unless you’re willing to accept others imposing their value system on you.
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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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The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before.
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Should we stand by idly while this happens at our doorstep, in one of the countries in which al-Qaida has a huge presence?
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Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering with the affairs of its neighbors
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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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Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach.
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But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them.
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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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