Steve Witkoff
“The meeting was positive, upbeat, constructive. Everybody was there to get to the right outcome.”
21 hours ago
Marco Rubio
“Ending the war in Ukraine could unlock the door for incredible opportunities that exist to partner with the Russians geopolitically on issues of common interest and, frankly, economically on issues that hopefully will be good for the world and also improve our relations in the long term.”
22 hours ago
Sergey Lavrov
“We explained today that the deployment of any troops, any armed forces from NATO countries but under other flags, either the European Union or national flags, changes nothing in this context. For us, of course, this is unacceptable.”
22 hours ago
Marco Rubio
“Russia and the United States have agreed to restore their embassies in Moscow and Washington to previous staffing levels to facilitate continued diplomatic engagement. We will need active work of diplomatic missions capable of functioning normally to be able to continue these contacts.”
22 hours ago
Jana Puglierin
“February 2022 destroyed our faith in a collective security order with Russia and showed us the dark side of our fundamental dependence on Russia and China in critical areas. February 2025 shows us that the Americans no longer feel responsible for European security - and that their interests are fundamentally different from ours.”
22 hours ago
Volodymyr Zelenskiy
“Ukraine, Europe in a broad sense - and this includes the European Union, Turkiye, and the UK - should be involved in conversations and the development of the necessary security guarantees with America regarding the fate of our part of the world.”
22 hours ago
Mariia Mezentseva
“It's not yet very clear how this negotiating table will look. But defence and justice must be at the forefront of any solution to end the war, and the US, Europe and Ukraine must be on board. It's not Russia who can dictate the rules because they are the invaders. It has to be absolutely [reversed].”
22 hours ago
Steve Witkoff
“The meeting was positive, upbeat, constructive. Everybody was there to get to the right outcome.”
21 hours ago
Marco Rubio
“Ending the war in Ukraine could unlock the door for incredible opportunities that exist to partner with the Russians geopolitically on issues of common interest and, frankly, economically on issues that hopefully will be good for the world and also improve our relations in the long term.”
22 hours ago
Sergey Lavrov
“We explained today that the deployment of any troops, any armed forces from NATO countries but under other flags, either the European Union or national flags, changes nothing in this context. For us, of course, this is unacceptable.”
22 hours ago
Marco Rubio
“Russia and the United States have agreed to restore their embassies in Moscow and Washington to previous staffing levels to facilitate continued diplomatic engagement. We will need active work of diplomatic missions capable of functioning normally to be able to continue these contacts.”
22 hours ago
Jana Puglierin
“February 2022 destroyed our faith in a collective security order with Russia and showed us the dark side of our fundamental dependence on Russia and China in critical areas. February 2025 shows us that the Americans no longer feel responsible for European security - and that their interests are fundamentally different from ours.”
22 hours ago
Volodymyr Zelenskiy
“Ukraine, Europe in a broad sense - and this includes the European Union, Turkiye, and the UK - should be involved in conversations and the development of the necessary security guarantees with America regarding the fate of our part of the world.”
22 hours ago
Mariia Mezentseva
“It's not yet very clear how this negotiating table will look. But defence and justice must be at the forefront of any solution to end the war, and the US, Europe and Ukraine must be on board. It's not Russia who can dictate the rules because they are the invaders. It has to be absolutely [reversed].”
22 hours ago
“War is by no means someone else's concern, nor is it a distant future matter. We must view the war that the US and the West are waging against Russia, using Ukraine as the vanguard, as a war intended to thoroughly build real combat experience and expand the scope of military intervention worldwide. All levels of our armed forces must thoroughly direct and subordinate every activity to war preparations and devote themselves fully to achieving swift completion. We will continuously, without limits or satisfaction, strengthen the country's self-defense capabilities, centered on nuclear power.”
“The security situation of our state and ever-aggravating prospective threats and challenges require us to continue to bolster up our modern strategic attack forces and more perfectly round off our nuclear forces' response posture.”
“The puppet Yoon [Yoon Seok-youl] bragged about overwhelming counteraction of military muscle at the doorstep of the state possessed of nuclear weapons and it was a great irony that caused the suspicion of being an abnormal man.”
“The obvious conclusion is that the nuclear force of the DPRK and the posture capable of properly using it for ensuring the state's right to security in any time should be more thoroughly perfected. The DPRK will steadily strengthen its nuclear force capable of fully coping with any threatening acts imposed by its nuclear-armed rival states and redouble its measures and efforts to make all the armed forces of the state, including the nuclear force, fully ready for combat.”
“The U.S.-led alliance has transformed in its essence into a military bloc based on nuclear power, using this as justification for strengthening military capabilities. We have now improved the effectiveness of tactical nuclear weapons from a practical perspective. We have obtained a clear and overwhelming deterrent against the enemy's reckless provocations.”
“It is necessary to more vigorously push forward the work for making preparations for regular combat mobilization so that all the artillery sub-units can take the initiative with merciless and rapid strikes at the moment of their entry into an actual war.”
“I believe that it is a mistake that we must no longer make to deal with the people who declare us as 'the main enemy' and seek opportunities for 'our regime collapse' and 'unification by absorption' by collaborating for reconciliation and unification.”
“Achieving a rapid development of our naval forces … is a priority that cannot be delayed given … the enemies' recent aggressive moves and military acts.”
“We should never be satisfied with the work to consolidate the thoroughgoing response posture of our nuclear force and should continuously strive to strengthen nuclear force steadily.”
“It highlights the importance and necessity of mass producing tactical nuclear weapons and calls for an exponential increase of the country's nuclear arsenal.”
“The country should continue to expand the operational sphere of the nuclear strategic armed forces to resolutely deter any crucial military crisis and war crisis at any time and completely take the initiative in it.”
“The aim of the United States is not just to eliminate our nuclear weapons themselves but also ultimately to bring down our regime anytime by forcing (North Korea) to put down nuclear weapons and give up or weaken the power to exercise self-defense.”
“Through unheard of sanctions and blockade(s) … they are trying to lead us but to give up the nuclear weapons of our own accord. But never! Let them impose sanctions for 100, nay 1000 days, or even 10 or 100 years.”
“The basic mission of our nuclear forces is to deter war, but if an undesirable situation emerges on our land, we should not limit our capability to a single purpose of preventing war. If any forces attempt to infringe on our fundamental interests, our nuclear forces will have no choice but to fulfill its second mission. The republic's (North Korea's) nuclear forces should be readied so that they can carry on their responsibility and exercise deterrence whenever required.”
“Only when one is equipped with the formidable striking capabilities, overwhelming military power that cannot be stopped by anyone, one can prevent a war, guarantee the security of the country and contain and put under control all threats and blackmails by the imperialists.”
“The basic tasks facing the part and the people the next year are to provide a firm guarantee for implementing the five-year plan and make remarkable changes in the national development and the people's living.”
“The United States has been frequently signaling that it's not hostile to our country, but there has been no behavioral ground to believe that it is not. For our descendants we need to be strong. We need to first be strong. The military threats our country is facing is different from what we saw 10, five or three years ago. Tensions on the Korean Peninsula will not be easily resolved due to the U.S. Our enemy is war itself, not a certain country or forces like South Korea and the U.S. But our external efforts for peace does not in any way mean giving up our rights to self-defense.”