I have been to Tokyo and several other cities, but I have never been to Yamaguchi Prefecture. I wonder what it is like, what interesting things it has to offer. I am sure that Prime Minister [ Shinzō] Abe will tell me all about it.

Brazil does have every right to develop its own peaceful nuclear programme.

We want full-scale normalisation of relations [with Japan].

Ukraine is going through a difficult time. There is nothing extraordinary of the resignation of the Ukrainian government ahead of the upcoming parliamentary elections

We do not have to borrow in the external market, but we have used and are using this traditional instrument in international financial relations.

The US wants to subdue Russia, to solve US problems at Russia's expense. No one in history ever managed to do this to Russia, and no one ever will.

The path towards a free society has not been simple. There are tragic and glorious pages in our history.