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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.

Adel al-Jubeir

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Adel al-Jubeir
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: February 1
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Is Russia worried that defeating Daesh will open the door for defeating Bashar Assad? That would be a different story. But I don't think World War III is going to happen in Syria.
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Daesh is attacking us. Their leader, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, wants to destroy the Saudi state. These people are criminals. They're psychopaths.
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There is nothing to encourage. The Iranians should just stay away from us.
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Daesh members wear shoes. Does this mean everybody who wears shoes is Daesh?
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We have a legal system, and this is not something that happens all the time. We have capital punishment. America has capital punishment. Iran has capital punishment. Iran hangs people and leaves their bodies hanging on cranes. Iran put to death more than a thousand people last year. I don't see EU reporting on it.
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Iran has been a neighbor for millenia, and will continue to be a neighbor for millenia. We have no issue with seeking to develop the best terms we can with Iran.
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People are saying, Oh my God, Saudi Arabia has changed. It's a contradiction. Do you want us to lead, or do you want us to play a supporting role?
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Should the political process not work, there is always the other approach.
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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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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?
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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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We want to have good ties with the Iranians, but if they want good ties with us, then I tell them: Don't keep attacking us as you have done for the last years.
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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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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. The longer it takes, the worse it will get.
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We support any deal that denies Iran nuclear weapons, that has a continuous and robust inspection mechanism and that has snap-back provisions in case Iran violates the agreement. 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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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.
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As long as Iran's aggressive policies continue, 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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We have a legal system, and we have a penal code. We have the death penalty in Saudi Arabia, and people should respect this.
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Just like we respect your legal system, you [europeans] should respect our legal system. You cannot impose your values on us, otherwise the world will become the law of the jungle. Every society decides what its laws are, and it's the people who make decisions with regards to these laws.
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We don't tolerate terrorism. We go after the terrorists and those who support them and those who justify their actions.
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