Nuclear proliferation is on the rise. Equipment, material and training were once largely inaccessible. Today, however, there is a sophisticated worldwide network that can deliver systems for producing material usable in weapons.

The Germans should be the first to sympathize with us [Egyptians]. They know how difficult it is to build a democracy following a dictatorship, and they were the first to be critical of Morsi's anti-democratic policies.

If you bet on individuals, instead of the people, you are going to fail.

People talk about smart sanctions and crippling sanctions. Ive never seen smart sanctions, and crippling sanctions cripple everyone, including innocent civilians, and make the government more popular.

I hope everybody will go back to the negotiating table. Ive always said this is the only way forward.

The dream of democracy has long been enshrined in the hearts of the Egyptian people. It only needed awakening.

We know North Korea has the plutonium that can go into the bomb.