Tsai Ing-wen Quotes

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.

Engaging Iran won't guarantee improved U.S.-Iranian relations or a more stable Gulf region. But not engaging means more of the same.

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.

We are happy to see China prospering; we are happy to see China playing a constructive and positive role in the region.

My message to the people and rulers of Pakistan is, 'As neighbours, we want peace and friendship and cooperation with you so that together we can change the face of South Asia.'

We would very much like to see Iran take a position as a responsible leader that doesn't intimidate or threaten or scare its neighbors and others. But the choice is really up to Iran and we're going to keep working to try to come out with the right decision.

A friendship between Germany and Israel didn't always seem natural.

Relations between the two sides of the Taiwan Strait are like those of a family.

Partisanship should have no role in the vital U.S.-Israel relationship.

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

Liberia and the United States are bound together by history and values.

I want to say to America that France is not what they think it is. There has never been a war between the French and the Americans. There is no need for us to argue…. France has to be an ally of the United States. We both have the same values.

For a relationship between two countries to be sustainable, it must be mutually beneficial.

I like Mr. Gorbachev; we can do business together.

Nothing guides Russian policy so much as a desire for friendship with the United States.

There must not and cannot be any conflict, estrangement or misunderstanding between the Chinese people and America.

We [Iran and the United States] have a common destiny in this region [The Middle East].

Sovereignty of Afghanistan must be accepted categorically by Pakistan so that we can move forward.

Turkey is not an enemy of Israel. I have worked closely with the Turkish prime minister, Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

I criticized Nawaz Sharif's personal friendship with Modi, but my point has been that there should be good and friendly ties between India and Pakistan at state level. But friendship between these two leaders hasn't turned into a friendly relationship between the two states.

I hope to develop our relationship with the Trump administration and with the United States. It's a very sound relationship that's based on the basic strategic congruence of views about the world, about the region.

Neither India nor Russia perceives a threat from the strength of the other. Each sees a benefit for itself in the increased political and economic strength of the other.

India and the United States have taken a decisive step, away from the past. The dawn of the new century has marked a new beginning in our relations. Let us work to fulfil this promise and the hope of today. Let us remove the shadow of agitation that lies between us and our joint vision.

If we can ascertain and show to our people that the West is ready to deal with Iran on the basis of mutual respect and mutual interests and equal footing, then it will have an impact on almost every aspect of Iran's foreign policy behavior - and some aspects of Iran's domestic policy.

A strong, responsible Israel can become a stabilizer in such a turbulent region.