Manmohan Singh Quotes

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.

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

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

I have always done my bit to improve Indo-Pak ties, but sometimes you say something, and it is interpreted the other way.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

Musharraf is a good man and wants to improve relations with India.

Turkey can be a bridge to regimes and actions the United States can't reach. Turkey can talk to people the United States can't talk to.

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.

No step the United States could take anywhere in the world would bring strategic benefits as great as detente with Iran.

Since the start of the Abe administration, we resumed peace treaty negotiations with Russia, which had lapsed during the three years of the Democratic Party of Japan administration.

Turkey wants a policy of engagement exactly like President Obama's new approach. Policy of engagement, less confrontation, less tense attitude, especially in the region.

Clearly, for France in her present position, intelligent activity consists of practicing a policy of entente with Germany in order to survive

Pakistan was once called the most allied ally of the United States. We are now the most nonallied.

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.

India and Pakistan have to work out their difficulties … to take advantage of the century that is before them.

We had to avoid wounding Austria too severely; we had to avoid leaving behind in her any unnecessary bitterness of feeling or desire for revenge; we ought rather to reserve the possibility of becoming friends again with our adversary of the moment, and in any case to regard the Austrian state as a piece on the European chessboard and the renewal of friendly relations as a move open to us. If Austria were severely injured, she would become the ally of France and of every other opponent of ours; she would even sacrifice her anti-Russian interests for the sake of revenge on Prussia.

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

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.

Following the missile crisis, detente started to gain ground between the United States and the Soviet Union, so the international political climate improved after that.

Mozambique and Zimbabwe must bring into being a new force in Malawi. We must not allow South Africa to set the course in Malawi... The victory is being planned... It demands cold-bloodedness.

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.'

With respect to Euro-Atlantic integration, we have to realize that we need to normalize the relationships with our neighbors, and especially with Russia.

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

Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

Unification is one thing, and stability in Northeast Asia is another thing.