Jean-Pierre Raffarin Quotes

The U.S.-China relationship, of course, has elements of both cooperation and competition.

Clearly, the Chinese know that we want a good relationship with them.

China and the U.S. need each other very badly. Yes, we should argue about some things, but it's not an 'us versus them,' it's an 'us and them' type scenario.

Universities have a big role to play... making it very clear to their counterparts, their networks, that the U.K. is not walking away from the world. We still value multilateral cooperation, we still see the EU as a significant partner.

We must immediately find the way to come and say to the U.S., 'Despite the difficult differences of opinion between us, there are no closer friends, and no better allies than you to us, and we to you.'

That's where my job comes in. Getting the E.U. and U.S. to agree.

Saudi Arabia is one of India's most valued strategic partners.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the United States and China are more likely to view each other as competitors if not adversaries. But the die has not been cast. The best possible outcome is a new understanding that when they cannot cooperate, they will coexist and allow all countries in the Pacific to grow and thrive.

And Israel, being a tiny, small country, of course has interest to strengthen - we have interest to strengthen our relations with other countries, mostly countries that were hostile for many, many years.

India is a global power and an important partner with whom we are building an intense, broad and enduring relationship.

Well, the important message that we've always carried to China is that we look forward to your progress and prosperity, we look forward to you playing a role in the progress and prosperity of this region and we look forward to stability in your relations with others.

I would like to raise my glass to friendship between Russia and the United States.

Here we encounter two conflicting concepts with which we must come to grips in our time: the idea of national solidarity and the idea of international cooperation.

Pakistan is an old ally of the United States.

Nowhere is it written that there must be conflict between the United States and China.

Between major countries, there certainly always are some common ground and points of tension.

Between Russia and the United States sentiments of good will continue to be mutually cherished.

At the beginning of the new century, it is the common aspiration of the peoples of the two countries to deepen mutual understanding, enhance trust, develop friendship and strengthen cooperation.

One of the issues that I've raised on the Foreign Relations Committee, and I raised it when Secretary Locke came for his confirmation hearing, is, you know, it is in our benefit to develop a workable, positive formula with China.

There is one condition for us to have healthy relations with the United States. It's called respect.

It is not a winning game for Europeans to have a hostility to the United States.

The only thing that is worse than dealing with Pakistan is the neglect of doing so.

The United States has better relations with the countries of Asia than any of them have with each other.

European Commission President Romano Prodi expressed [the] formula [for Eu-Russian cooperation in Eastern Europe] in 2002. Russia would share with the EU "everything but institutions". In plain terms, this meant that Russia would adopt EU rules and regulations but would not be able to influence their development.

I do not want Britain to turn its back on Europe or the rest of the world.