Foreign Ministry Quotes (49 Quotes)

All travel to Lebanon is discouraged. All Danes are urged to leave the country. Danes should remain indoors until arrangements to leave the country can be made.

From the Russian side, the necessity of Iran's full cooperation with the IAEA was underlined.

On this meaningful day, we respectfully commemorate the deaths of all people who died in the Holocaust in World War II. We hope all humanity will learn the necessary lessons of this horrifying period with no match in history, so that similar events will not be repeated.

They have been warned that they must leave our country in 24 hours, or risk being deported.

The phrase in question refers to episodes in the past. It is obvious that there is no intention to arouse controversy with the People's Republic of China.

We hope (Kim's) China trip will help North Korea's economic development and peace and stability on the Korean peninsula.

The three nations plan to review the current status of talks with North Korea and exchange opinions on future policy toward North Korea.

Although the relevant authorities are investigating this appalling crime, it bears all the hallmarks of leftover supporters of Saddam Hussein's evil regime.

The visit is intended to reaffirm Pakistan's close and cordial ties with China.

Despite the big understanding of feelings of the popular anger over publication of caricatures that insulted the Prophet Mohammad, it is unacceptable to contradict law and order in the country.

The de-escalation of the protection of the ambassador and his staff to an inadequate level is the reason for the departure.

An element of the general strategy employed by the organizers of the terrorist acts was to unleash a wide information and propaganda attack against Uzbekistan involving international human rights organizations.

The Chinese government seriously carries out the constitutional principle of respecting and protecting human rights. The Chinese government is dedicated to improving the economic, social and cultural rights of all the people.

We reject the contentions made in the report regarding our political process, freedoms available under the law and our constitution, functioning of state institutions, and general conditions relating to the rights and status of women and minorities.

We will step up the strengthening of our nuclear deterrent force as a justified self-defense measure to counter the threat increasing daily from the U.S. strategy to isolate and stifle North Korea.

We call on Iran to return actively to a condition of moratorium and to full cooperation with the IAEA. This moratorium was an absolutely essential measure of trust to resolve outstanding questions on the Iranian nuclear program.

Denmark's ambassador to Syria will arrive early on Sunday to Damascus to reopen the embassy as soon as possible.

Given the obvious sensitivities, we could not accept involvement of Indian military on our side for relief operations.

We hope Iran will take maximum advantage of the coming visit to clarify remaining issues related to its activities in the nuclear sphere.

To uphold the interests of most developing nations, and to preserve the long-term interests of the United Nations, China will resolutely vote no if the G-4 proposal is put up for a vote.

We think the most urgent thing for all the parties now is still to keep patient and make the utmost efforts to resume negotiations.

Japan will continue watching the growing Chinese military expenditure and modernization of its force as some of it is still not transparent.

The death of Slobodan Milosevic sealed a tragic era of tensions, crises and wars which plagued the Balkans for almost a decade.

Chinese government and people resolutely opposes the United States and Japan in issuing any bilateral document concerning China's Taiwan, which meddles the internal affairs of China, and hurts China's sovereignty.

We strongly condemn this treacherous attack.

There is every reason to believe that the election has been held in conformity with universally-recognized standards, and its legitimacy is beyond any doubt.

Recent new information suggests that terrorists may be planning attacks to occur before the end of 2005.

Our country welcomes it as an important step in advancing the political process. Japan will aggressively continue to support the nation-building efforts with the international community.

It could trigger a new round of arms race in South Asia. The Chinese side expresses regret and concern.

The Russian side reiterated there is an urgent need for Iran to take concrete steps to restore trust in its nuclear program.

The Chadian resistance has no intention of changing the foreign policy of the country to the detriment of the former colonial power or, more precisely, of breaking the accords signed between France and Chad.

It is encouraging that ... there have been voices in favor of resuming active Russian-Ukrainian dialogue to resolve issues regarding the stationing of the Black Sea Fleet on the Crimea peninsula based on mutual trust and without playing politics.

We hope all parties will retain a calm, pragmatic and flexible attitude and will properly deal with differences between each other and continue to push forward the process of peace talks.

China believes that under the current situation, all relevant sides should remain restrained and stick to solving the Iranian nuclear issue through negotiations.

The international fund will be set up to support the families in Benghazi as part of the international efforts for finding an acceptable to all parties decision to the situation, following the tragic HIV outbreak in Benghazi.

We call on other bilateral creditors to join our decision.

The Islamic Republic of Iran is committed to its U.N. charter commitments. It has never used force against a second country or threatened the use of force.

The content and tone of such unacceptable comments confirmed worries over the policies being followed by the new Iranian leadership, particular concerning the nuclear issue.

We call on Iran to examine the results of the (IAEA) board meeting in the most serious way possible and ensure full cooperation with the IAEA.

Those who have lost their houses and properties in the landslide disaster area are now forced to stay in a seriously harmful situation without clear prospects for the future.

Tour companies and Thai nationals who want to travel to Nepal (should) increase vigilance and closely monitor the political situation.

The Russian embassy in Tehran gave to the Iranian side an official note saying that the previous Russian proposal of the creation of a joint Russian-Iranian company to enrich uranium remains in force.

This action ... should now pave the way for the restoration of political stability and economic recovery of the country.

This news, accompanied by startling images, on the tragic circumstances surrounding the death of Brazilian citizen Jean Charles de Menezes, aggravates the Brazilian Government's sense of indignation.

The UNHCR (UN High Commissioner for Refugees) office illegally dealt with the issue ... beyond its authority, (and) thus laid obstacles in the process of the inter-Korean reconciliation.

Due to the current atmosphere and conditions, the seventh China-Japan-Republic of Korea leaders' meeting will be postponed until a proper date.

The government of Pakistan once again rejects these baseless allegations as part of the Indian government's effort to divert attention from its own atrocities against the Kashmiri people and to malign the Kashmiri freedom struggle.

President Chavez has repeatedly highlighted the enormous importance and potential of South America's natural gas reserves.

The sides discussed the continuation of the fourth round of six-nation talks and developments in the resolution of the Korean nuclear problem.