Even the pyramids might one day disappear, but not the Palestinians longing for their homeland.

I don't plan to return. I have a lot of unresolved things to do.

I was a member of the Politburo for seven years, a foreign minister.

But on second thought, after I decreed the state of emergency, I came to the conclusion that that was impossible to achieve without bloodshed because the street protesters were full of anger and nearly out of control. This is why I thought we needed to find another way out.

Prospects of normalizing our relations with Russia look good.

We also have a real opportunity to join NATO.

I think my resignation was the only way to avoid bloodshed.