"You would have been in that war up to your neck"

"If we want to be observers, then that leads to happy submission. We do not bother anyone, we try to be nice to the Americans, and with the Chinese we continue as before. I tell you, if we do nothing, Europe will be wiped out in five years"

"They wrote in Paris, it was during Emmanuel Macron's time, so he will not be able to avoid this responsibility that the Minsk agreements must be implemented, including amending the Ukrainian constitution to permanently establish the special status of the Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics. This is written"

"We still do not have full trust in the Americans. We were in the middle of negotiations last June when they decided to attack us. That was a very bad experience for us. But there is no other solution except a diplomatic one. We are ready for a diplomatic solution as much as for defense against any new aggression. We have learned our lessons about war and diplomacy. Now we are ready for both," Araghchi added, noting that technology and progress cannot be destroyed by bombing and military threats"