Shinzo Abe Quotes

The links between the American government and the Iraqi government are so close that you cannot judge one without asking at least the other what he has done by this time.

The Japan-U.S. alliance is an irreplaceable alliance. And I would like to further consolidate and broaden that alliance.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

Russia and the U.S. must jointly manage expectations to ensure that attempts to 'reset' our relationship succeed.

Putin has a lot at stake here and restoring the relationship with the United States, and there are already signs as Sandy mentioned that he's moving in the right direction to begin to ascertain that their trade with Iran is not used for the production of nuclear weapons.

I've said for a long time, clearly the - a, a critical key to success in the region is going to be Pakistan and our relationship with Pakistan, which was one that was broken in the late '80s and which we've worked hard to restore.

We want the U.S. to have constructive and stable relations with China. That makes it much easier for us. Then we don't have to choose sides.

I served as the chairman of the India-Israel Parliamentary Friendship Group for three years, during which I also had the pleasure of visiting Israel.

I said that we stand for strong relations with India, we stand for peaceful resolution of all our problems with India, including Kashmir.

The U.S. has always been an indispensable ally.

As far as my relationship with President Putin is concerned, it's fine.

Every global concern - economic, environmental or security-related - can be addressed more effectively when the U.S. and China work together.

I want you to know that, despite what you might read at times in the newspapers or see on the television news, we have actually been getting a lot of things done the last several months, the U.S.-Canada relationship.

We view South Africa as one of our closest strategic partners in the developing world and in the African continent.

Let's start fresh with Russia on some real help and some real reform.

I explained that we would like to adjust our position on the Syrian question to theirs, as, in our view, they are the decisive factor in our relations with our neighbors, and Syria is unimportant.

It was in the first Abe administration that we started the mutually beneficial relationship based on common strategic interests between Japan and China.

For Poland, the United States is the most important ally.

The U.S. engages with North Korea, so I don't see why they can't engage with Iran.

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.

A durable, long-term U.S.-China strategic relationship is even more important now than in previous decades. The relationship will continue to grow and prosper to the mutual benefit of all peoples.

I think within Japan there is talk about how there is the need to reassess the future of the U.S.-Japan alliance.

The United States is a strong and ardent ally of Israel. The fact of the matter is that friends can disagree. I think what's important is that world leaders are able to sit down with one another, have frank conversations and move forward.

When Prime Minister Erdogan came to Washington in 2009, he sounded almost like the ambassador from Iran.

Since the beginning of the 21st century, thanks to the concerted efforts of both sides, China-U.S. relationship has on the whole enjoyed steady growth. Since President Obama took office, we have maintained close contact through exchange of visits, meetings, telephone conversations and letters.