Adel al-Jubeir Quotes About Country

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• We warned when the crisis began in 2011 that unless it was resolved quickly, the country [Syria] would be destroyed. Unfortunately, our warnings are coming true.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Country, Would Be, Warning

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• After the revolution of 1979, Iran embarked on a policy of sectarianism. Iran began a policy of expanding its revolution, of interfering with the affairs of its neighbors, a policy of assassinating diplomats and of attacking embassies. Iran is responsible for a number of terrorist attacks in the Kingdom, it is responsible for smuggling explosives and drugs into Saudi Arabia. And Iran is responsible for setting up sectarian militias in Iraq, Pakistan, Afghanistan and Yemen, whose objective is to destabilize those countries.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Country, Iran, Iraq

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• Iran is the only country around the negotiating table that has not been attacked by either al-Qaida or Daesh.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Country, Iran, Tables

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• It seems people don't read or listen. Our scholars and our media have been very outspoken. We were the first country in the world to hold a national public awareness campaign against extremism and terrorism. Why would we not want to fight an ideology whose objective is to kill us?

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Country, Fighting, Media

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• The war in Yemen is not a war that we wanted. We had no other option - there was a radical militia allied with Iran and Hezbollah that took over the country. It was in possession of heavy weapons, ballistic missiles and even an air force. Should we stand by idly while this happens at our doorstep, in one of the countries in which al-Qaida has a huge presence? So we responded, as part of a coalition, at the request of the legitimate government of Yemen, and we stepped in to support them.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Country, War, Government

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• What we want is stability and security so we can focus on our own development. But we have these problems in our region, and nobody has been able to resolve them. The whole world was saying that the countries of the regions should step up and resolve their problems, so we stepped up.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Country, Focus, Development

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• The Middle East has gone through periods of turmoil before. In the 1950s and 1960s, there were revolutions. When monarchies were collapsing in a number of countries, we had radicals and we had Nasserism. Today it's a little bit more complicated.

  Adel al-Jubeir

  Country, Numbers, Revolution

  Source: www.spiegel.de

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