Determined Quote by Mohammad Javad Zarif

The Russians always base their policies on values, and these values are the sovereignty of other countries, the international law, respecting other people, other…

— Bashar al-Assad

Russia is not going to give up easily on Syria. They've had a relationship with that country since 1955. It's very close to them.

— Rashid Khalidi

I think it was going to be hard to work with Russians on Syria. There is some potential overlap between the U.S. and Russia…

— Richard N. Haass

We are not wedded to anyone in Syria. We are not concerned with any personality. We are concerned with keeping Syria in one piece,…

— Sergei Lavrov

I do not think Syria can achieve international recognition in the future - even if they work through a successful political process, you know,…

— Rex W. Tillerson

So my judgment is that Syria will move; Syria will change, as it embraces a legitimate relationship with the United States and the West…

— John F. Kerry

Syria is geographically and politically in the middle of the Middle East. That is why we are in contact with most of the problems…

— Bashar al-Assad

It's very simple ; once the Western countries stop supporting those terrorists and making pressure on their puppet countries and client states like Saudi…

— Bashar al-Assad

Some people think that the Syrian people are from another planet. On the contrary, I think that we all live inside the same boat,…

— Osama Alomar

Unless there is meaningful change in Syria and an end to the crackdown, President Assad and those around him will find themselves isolated internationally…

— William Hague

I think Syria is in a particularly sensitive geopolitical position in terms of the politics of the Middle East.

— Edward Luck

On Syria, it's clear that the indiscriminate attacks on civilians by the [Bashar] Assad regime and Russia will only worsen the humanitarian catastrophe and…

— Barack Obama