The question is who threw chemicals on the same day on our soldiers. That's the same question. Technically, not the soldiers. Soldiers don't throw missiles on themselves. So, either the rebels, the terrorists, or a third party. We don't have any clue yet.

It is difficult for anyone to tell you what is going to happen. [Middle East] is an area where everything is on the brink of explosion.

My primary goal is to create prosperity.

It's a dangerous thing when someone gets up in the morning and has nothing to eat.

You have different parties, different factions, you have different ideologies ; you have everything in Middle East region now.

We don't discuss this issue [ chemical weapons ] in public because we never said that we have it, and we never said that we don't have it. It's a Syrian issue ; it's a military issue we never discuss in public with anyone.

You cannot have democracy without the institutions. You cannot have a democracy that is built on the moods of self-interested people.