Regional Cooperation Quotes

• Factors affecting effective regional cooperation are mindsets and perceptions emanating from the past

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  Khaleda Zia

  Past   Perception   Cooperation  

  1938

• Asean is obviously a very important association for us. Over the past 30 years Asean has made great strides in regional cooperation covering a number of areas, although recently it has been under strain because of the financial crisis and other challenges.

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  Hassanal Bolkiah

  Past   Years   Numbers  

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• The bad news is that Iran wants to talk about everything except their nuclear program. They want to talk about regional cooperation, they want to talk about the sanctions issues, and it seems like the western powers want to talk about nothing more than the nuclear issue.

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  Reza Aslan

  Iran   Issues   Nuclear  

  Source: www.pbs.org

  4608

• Under our regional cooperation projects, we are building roads and bridges. The scope of regional cooperation [with China] is constantly growing.

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  Vladimir Putin

  Bridges   Growing   Cooperation  

  Source: www.rt.com

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• Peace is our goal, but peace from strength, an enduring peace that will bring regional cooperation. What we have emphasized and agreed is that we are strategic partners. We are bound by common interests and will act together to ensure both the safety of United States and the safety of Afghanistan. That is the important consideration. Numbers are a means; they are not an end in themselves.

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  Ashraf Ghani

  Strength   Peace   Mean  

  "Obama halts Afghanistan troop withdrawal" by Betsy Klein, Laura Koran and Eric Bradner, www.cnn.com. March 24, 2015.

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