Dominique de Villepin Quotes

Is Turkey one of the Ayrab countries with which you don't get on very well?

The Iranian people, with regards to the policies of various American administrations in the past 30 years, are very worried. They don't trust them.

The West will have to choose: either to come to terms with Russians, or to receive a retaliatory blow. This retaliatory blow will not be by means of war. We will resort to the same weapon: nationalism.

Fundamentally, we have to recognize that Iran is not a partner.

Any claim between the U.S. and Iran, any conflict is bad for Iraq.

Washington sees the various local and national conflicts in the Middle East as part of a battle for regional hegemony between the U.S. and Iran.

Israel sees the world just beyond its borders collapsing.

I think Syria is in a particularly sensitive geopolitical position in terms of the politics of the Middle East.

Georgia does not need Russia as an enemy.

My conviction is that the best strategy to defend the West is to defend Israel.

American power in the Middle East is collapsing. It doesn't need much more than a shove, and it will - and that's not going to be a good thing.

When it comes to the Middle East, this is always a very difficult issue for any American president.

Sanctions on Pakistan have been part of the troubled U.S.-Pakistan relationship in the past and should not be considered as an option in the future.

We do not want war with Iran.

Believe me, most of the people in Russia are seeing the West as a threat.

Iraq is not about oil.

Western States keep playing with, and around, Russia.

Both Bibi and Obama realize that they are going to have to face the problem of Iran together.

No border that touches Israel is always secure.

Iran poses the most serious long-term threat to regional stability.

All around the world one heard or read that there was no connection between Saddam Hussein and Al Qaeda.

Israeli interests are not necessarily in harmony with the American interests.

I don't believe Iran is a suicide state.

Just this week, Syria broke off all relations with the United States military and the CIA.

There is very little hope that the United States or anyone else can do much to stabilize Iraq, Libya, Syria or Egypt. Stabilizing Iran, and bringing it back into the family of nations, is much more possible. That would be a 'win' for both sides.