Alok Sharma Quotes

Of course the United States and Russia have different interests. Nevertheless, both are strategic partners.

NATO remains the cornerstone of Atlantic security.

For the United States to be a global leader, we have to have a very tight relationship with Europe. And we've held that relationship since 1949 when we established the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, NATO. NATO is the bond. It's a security bond.

Israel is absolutely critical to American national security.

The simple fact is that when our foreign partners are more secure, so are we.

Pakistan has done some really terrible things, and yet they also have facilitated our military capabilities in ways that are critical to our country.

In Romania, American forces have found a devoted NATO ally.

We will never abdicate the security of the United States to a foreign country or refrain from taking action when appropriate. But we cannot ignore the reality that cooperative counterterrorism activities are a key to our national defense.

It is possible there will be much less support for NATO because there is a lot of identification of the United States with NATO.

We view South Africa as one of our closest strategic partners in the developing world and in the African continent.

We should have been there shoulder to shoulder with our allies. Our concern is the instability of our government as an ally. We are playing again with national and global security matters.

Ukraine has been a strong partner to the United States on international initiatives and a committed ally in fighting the War on Terrorism.

From 8,000 miles away... I would not judge a fellow soldier from a friendly nation and how they are employing their resources.

Well, first of all, we now have everybody with the exception of India, Pakistan, and Israel, and I don't think these three countries are going to join by simply providing them an incentive, in terms of technology.

For me it is completely clear that our air bases in Germany would be available to the Americans.

Normal military trade is undoubtedly part of the normal State-to-State relations.

Well, we are very glad that Russia is so close with NATO.

Albania does not feel alone. It is part of the Partnership for Peace structures in NATO, and it will do what it can within that.

We are not a country that subscribes to policing any part of the world. The areas we are comfortable with are capacity building, intelligence sharing, exchange of ships, call on each other's ports, joint training and exercises.

Russia can become a strategic partner in a fight against international terrorism.

As Minister of Foreign Affairs. I will work on deepening Haiti's links with its traditional partners from the North and the South, while exploring all the opportunities for economic, cultural, scientific and technological cooperation that may benefit my country.

Today, bilateral relations with Britain are excellent, with cooperation in many areas and both countries continuing to work on strengthening these ties.

More commonly, states choose to ally themselves with the United States out of a desire for U.S. protection from a regional threat. The United States has long be an attractive ally against intimidating neighbors: it is strong enough to shift a regional balance of power, and it generally does so without conquering its allies in the process.

From the beginning [of the Cold War] our objective was not to build an empire of satellites, but of nations and regions so that they could become partners.

In the war against terror, we have no stronger ally than Israel.