He is understanding of the concerns. He is someone whom we've known and worked for a long time, many of us, and we feel confident that he is a person with whom we can work.

The country is wasting its resources in trying to reach out to the Americans through their media. Such a strategy has turned out to be counter-productive.

I find some of the rhetoric being used against this deal shameful and irresponsible. There is bigotry coming out here.

What started this and drives this is bigotry.

They've made a terrible error in calculation and they've led my country into a war that we will need to extricate ourselves from at some point, ... Despite their efforts, there is a growing sense in the world that we need to find other ways of resolving these tensions.

He was a revolutionary fighter for justice, and he sought a radical transformation of America and the world,