Statements echoing the world in 2017

A few days after entering 2018, we will recall through this material the key statements that have characterized the year we have already left behind.

JANAR

Director for National Intelligence James Klapper, speaking on January 10th during a hearing session in Washington held by the Senate for Intelligence Committee. about Russian intelligence activities.

“We are convinced that Russian President Vladimir Putin has led the organisation of a campaign aimed at impact on the 2016 presidential elections in the United States”.

Former American President Barack Obama, has given his farewell speech In Chicago on January 10th, saying it is leaving the nation stronger, but with deep divisions to exceed “to ensure that we remain the dominant power in the world in the future”.

“understand, democracy does not require uniformity. Our founders have argued, fought, yet compromised, and expect us to do the same. But they knew that democracy requires a basic sense of solidarity, the idea that despite our external differences, we rise and fall as one. There were moments in our history that threatened that solidarity. The beginning of this century has been one of those moments. A world reducing, increasing inequality, demographic changes and the spectrum of terrorism, these forces have not only tested our security and prosperity, but are also testing democracy. So the way we face these challenges will determine our ability to educate our children, create good work and protect our country”.
American President Donald Trump, on January 20th in his first speech as president, after the swearing in ceremony in Washington.
January 20, 2017, will be remembered as the day when people will become national leaders again. The forgotten men and women of the state will no longer remain in oblivion”.

CENTURY

American National Security Adviser Michael Flynn speaking to reporters in Washington on February 1st about testing a ballistic missile from Iran.

And since today, we are also officially observing Iran”.

Azerbaijani President Ilhan Aliyev has named his wife Mehriban Alieva, vice president, who put him in first position to take office if the president dies.

I have decreed today, Vice President of Azerbaijan”.

MARS

Russian anti-corruption activist and presidential candidate Alexei Navajo speaking via a video published on March 26th by Moscow, until they had started the Marchs for which he had called writer in several Russian cities.

I'm so happy that I'm part of all of this, because we see that people have gone out on the streets against corruption, where no protests have been held for decades, because now people are upset by this situation. Everyone now realizes that corruption means poverty. Both are the same. We've been on the street against corruption and we're just protesting a better life”.

PRIL

National Anti-terrorism Committee spokesman Andrei Przezdomsky, speaking April 3rd from Moscow about the security situation, after an explosion in a metro system in St Petersburg, Russia.

“A explosive device created under house conditions has been identified and timed out in a St Petersburg subway station. The device was designed professionally. Special forces and law officials are continuing monitoring for extraordinary situations and taking measures to prevent possible terrorist attacks”.

Swedish Prime Minister Stefan Lofven, speaking April 7th in front of reporters in Scene after a van crashed into a crowded market. with people in Stockholm. Later, a Uzbek national has been charged with the attack on which five people died.

“Suedia was attacked, everything makes us think this was a terrorist attack. The government is informed all the time, while we're getting continuous information. The government is doing everything to support the authorities, which are now working. Now we call on the public to be vigilant and listen to police information”.

WAY

French President Emmanuel Macron speaking on May 7th, until he has addressed his supporters outside the Louvre Museum in Paris, after winning the presidential election.

“They (referring to the extreme right candidate and at the same time supporters of his rival, Marine Le Pen) have shown anger, shock. I respect them. But I'm going to do everything I can in the next five years, so that no one has a reason to vote extremes”.

US President Donald Trump speaking to reporters at the White House 10 May about his decision to download James Comey from the FBI director's office.

Journalists: Why did you fire FBI director Comey?

Trump: Because he wasn't doing a good job, very simply. He wasn't doing a good job.

Iranian President Hassan Rohan speaking on May 20th in a televised address from Tehran, following his victory in the May 19th presidential election.

You (Iranian people) refused to call back those who wanted to send us back to the past or who wanted to keep us in the same position, helping us to proceed before”.

CERSHOR

US President Donald Trump speaking on June 1st at the White House until he has announced his decision to evacuate the United States from the Climate Agreement, also known as the Paris Agreement, which is signed by 180 nations in 2015.

In order to fulfill my duty to protect America and its citizens, the United States will be withdrawn from the Paris Agreement on Climate, but negotiations will begin to join this agreement or a new pact, which will be fair to the United States, businesses, workers, people and taxpayers”.

Saudi Arabia Foreign Affairs Minister Adel al-Jubeir, speaking to reporters in Paris on June 6th about the June 5th decision of Saudi Arabia, Egypt, the United Emirates and Bahrain to sever all ties with Qatar, accusing him of supporting terrorism.

We want to see Qatar as he implements the promises he made several years ago, in support of extremist groups, hostile media, and influence on other states' issues. So we've taken this step with great pain on the way to make sure Qatar realizes that these policies are unacceptable and must definitely change”.

British Prime Minister Theresa May speaking on July 9th, in front of her office in Downing Street after her party has scored victory in the June 8th parliamentary elections.

This Government will lead the state in key talks on Brex, which begin in just 10 days, given the will of the British people to remove the United Kingdom from the European Union”.

Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko, speaking on July 10th in Kiev during a ceremony with Ukraine's army was joined by countries visa-free regime in the European Union countries. The decision has entered into force on 11 Julys.

“and at last we can say: Today we start counting backwards. A count of irreversible changes. This is good news for the Russian Empire and the words again in the USSR will be heard only while we are listening to The Beatles. We will never return to the Soviet Union again because we proud and free democratic nation will return to the family of European nations. And I'm very proud to say that we made it to”.

JULY

The former Georgian president and former governor of the Odessa region, Mikhail Saakashvili, has declared through a video on July 26th from New York that Ukraine's president, Petro Poroshenko, has stripped Ukrainian citizenship.

I feel like a simple Ukrainian. Today they are trying to treat me the same way as the prosecutors who treat Ukrainians, who spit on their rights”.

I lived in Ukraine for more than 12 years and was part of three revolutions. I only have one citizenship, that of Ukraine and they won't come out to get it from me. Now they're trying to force me to seek refugee status. But that will not happen. I will claim my legal right to return to Ukraine and return to Ukraine”.

Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking in an interview for state television Rossia 1 in Moscow about steps that could be taken as retaliation to US sanctions against Russia and the expulsion of Diplomatic staff Russian from the United States.

“Looking at the position of work in the diplomatic office will undoubtedly feel because more than 1,000 American workers, together with diplomatic staff and supporters, have worked and are still working in Russia”.

About 755 of them must stop their activity in the Russian Federation. You'll notice significantly”

GU INS

Pakistan's interim president, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi, during a statement August 2nd in the town of Murre, following a meeting with his predecessor, Nawaz Sharif, who has resigned after the Supreme Court He ordered his departure from the office..

We've come to Moore today to meet Nawaz Sharif. Initially, he has thanked all members of the Pakistani Muslim League party for their joint stance and regulation of the democratic process that had been broken in this state, for regulating this process within four days and with a considerable majority in Parliament”.

SEPTTOR

Iraqi Kurdish region Prime Minister Nechivan Barzani, in the capital of this territory, Irbil, during a news conference on September 25th, the day on which the independence referendum of Iraqi Kurds was unilaterally announced, said:

Of course, for our Kurdistan region in Iraq, today's vote in the independence referendum does not mean that we will declare Kurdistan independence the next day. Also, it does not mean the demarcation of Kurdistan borders. Both these issues are very important and all our neighbors and Baghdad have to understand that. We want to show the world what our people want. Show that we want democratic independence through dialogue and negotiations with Baghdad”.