Bashir Assad Quotes

We'll uphold our treaty obligations, including the mutual defense agreement that is NATO.

I do believe - I very strongly believe that the Arab nations would be willing to put together an Arab NATO-like structure.

In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.

The Philippines-U.S. Enhanced Defense Cooperation Agreement takes our security cooperation to a higher level of engagement, reaffirms our country's commitment to mutual defense and security, and promotes regional peace and stability.

[America should engage in] Progressive development of regional and other collective arrangements for individual and collective self-defense

The United States understands that under the statement in the preamble or under the terms of this treaty there is no commitment to armed force, no alliance, no obligation to join in any defense.

What strategic benefit would accrue from having Montenegro as an ally that would justify the risk of our having to go to war should some neighbor breach Montenegro's borders?

NATO's deterrence has always been adequate, and I'm not worried about the physical security of my country. Not at all.

In general, states do not count on pledges of 'no more war' from their neighbors. Israel's army never counted on it from Egypt, for example.

In a multipolar world, there must be more powers capable of taking responsibility, the U.S. and Europe must be able to unite to achieve peace in the Middle East.

The first condition of success for the League of Nations is, therefore, a firm understanding between the British Empire and the United States of America and France and Italy that there will be no competitive building up of fleets or armies between them.

The U.S. along with China, Japan, South Korea and Russia has an important role to play in containing North Korea's nuclear ambitions and exerting all the influence we can possibly exert.

I think before 1997 is over, NATO will have taken giant strides in what's called adaptation, the discussions about bringing the French fully into the NATO forces.

As far as a nuclear weapons-free zone, you know, when the lion lies down with the lamb, and you don't need a new lamb every day to satisfy the lion, then we might have this kind of transformation in the Middle East.

In addition to the peace treaty between Egypt and Israel, which is crucial to U.S. interests both domestically and in the Middle East, the U.S. has had and will continue to need Egypt's collaboration in the war on terrorism.

There must be some security arrangement in the south of Lebanon so northern Israel is not threatened anymore.

Japan continues to work closely with the United States on the issue of the North Korean nuclear crisis and has played an important and constructive role in the Six-Party talks.

We are not a country that subscribes to policing any part of the world. The areas we are comfortable with are capacity building, intelligence sharing, exchange of ships, call on each other's ports, joint training and exercises.

The Egyptian military and the government of Israel have long had a common interest in maintaining order and fighting terrorism in Sinai.

The United States contributes to peace in both by serving as a buffer between and among regional powers that, while not preparing for armed conflict, do not fully trust one another.

Israel is our strongest, most reliable ally in the Middle East. Of course, we're their most reliable ally, too.

NATO has been a thread throughout my life.

He has signed an agreement to bind us to fight in every future world-war. He has entered into a treaty that is without a parallel in all history as a spoils-grabbing compact of greed and hate.

No organization has ever been more effective at preventing conflict than NATO.

Stability in South Asia will depend, first and foremost, on the always troubled Indian-Pakistani relationship.