Bill Clinton Quotes

I would argue that Asean has been instrumental in driving both economic growth and political development, and that there can be no clearer example than its relations with Myanmar.

That is one of the reasons why we advocate for good relations between the two countries. Turkey understands the needs of the region.

The fight against drug trafficking is a false pretext for the United States to install military bases.

We aim to achieve general progress in relations between North Korea and Japan.

India has always wanted friendly ties with its neighbours, there can be no debate around it. We want to live in harmony and peace.

You see, psychologically, Australia must understand it has to live in the region around it. Australia must find its security in Asia; it cannot find its security from Asia.

If you make a treaty first with the United States and settle the matter of the opium trade, England cannot change this, though she should desire to do so.

The stakes are very high for us in Haiti. We have many important interests there. Perhaps the most important to me is our interest in the promotion of democracy in this hemisphere.

We are convinced that Turkey would be a useful member of the European Union.

So for mutual interest, I do want American presence in this region.

You do not export democracy through the Defense Department or the Defense Secretary. You do it through trade agreements, through the Department of Commerce and favorable agreements with our friends and neighbors across the globe.

My goal with the Canadian border is the same goal I have for Japan and Korea.

President Obama has been clear about the future that the United States seeks... when it comes to the Asia-Pacific, the United States is 'all in.'

Our relations with brothers in Gulf Cooperation council are good and developing, either bilateral relations or with the G.C.C itself, also we have good brotherly and solid ties with Saudi Arabia.

If France, Germany, and Great Britain – who have often been at war with each other – are now friends, then India, Pakistan, and China could become friends, too.

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

Without a near-peer competitor (or several) to deter or a major war on the horizon, Washington found a new foreign policy calling: renovating weak or failed states.

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

I've spoken several times with Prime Minister Erdogan about relations between Turkey and Israel. I'm pleased that, following President Obama's visit to Israel, talks between Israel and Turkey are again taking place and hope that relations between them will further improve in the interest of both countries.

Without U.S. input, the countries of South America joined forces in 2008 to shut down a coup attempt in Bolivia and prevented a war between Ecuador and Colombia.

As a mature and responsible nation, one of India's foreign policy interests is to evolve a regional architecture based on the twin principles of shared security and shared prosperity.

India's engagement with the ASEAN region lies in the clarity of the principles that we share.

It is our historical experience, that Hungary can only live in wealth and safety if Berlin, Moscow, and Ankara are on our side and also interested in our success - even if we do not always agree on certain questions.

We need to work together towards a mutually beneficial solution for Ireland, the U.K., and for Europe.

We will cultivate relations with neighboring countries based on the foundation of the U.S.-Japan alliance.