Challenging American leadership is not at stake.

I don’t regret anything. I did everything absolutely correctly.

We must stop using the language of force and return to the path of civilized diplomatic and political settlement.

We conducted talks on border issues with our friends in the People's Republic of China for 40 years. There were also issues related to specific territories.

All issues - purchasing and selling of currency - are related to the regulation of the national currency market. However, it is still difficult to say what will be the reaction of the Central Bank and if it would lead to increasing the gold and foreign currency reserves.

Russia will always remember the contribution [of King Fahd] in the development of Russian-Saudi relations, which in recent years were raised to a qualitatively higher level.

If the United Kingdom considers it necessary to start a dialogue on certain issues, we are ready for that, we are not going to pout or sulk. We take quite a pragmatic approach towards cooperation with our partners and we believe that it would be beneficial for both our countries.