We are not to be accused of an intention to establish an Islamic caliphate in Uzbekistan,

is not a price for the right to have a base, it is a payment for material services provided by the Uzbek side.

My chief point is that these interests are indivisible. We cannot and will not have a one-dimensional relationship with any of these countries based, for example, purely on security interests, ... It doesn't work.

We did not agree on some issues. I made it clear that the United States supports civil society including NGOs (non-governmental organizations) around the world.

Democracy, not various forms of dictatorship, is the system best equipped to reconcile these values.

In 1980, this was the best technology available. The intention was this building was going to last. But it's obvious the best intentions in engineering didn't advance to this period, and we have to replace the building.