Hassan Rouhani (1948) 7th President of Islamic Republic of Iran
"New Iran president backs Syria's Assad, Hezbollah" http://bigstory.ap.org/article/new-iran-president-backs-syrias-assad-hezbollah, The Big Story, (July 16, 2013)
http://www.khamenei.ir/EN/News/detail.jsp?id=20070616A
Hassan Rouhani (1948) 7th President of Islamic Republic of Iran
"New Iran president backs Syria's Assad, Hezbollah" http://bigstory.ap.org/article/new-iran-president-backs-syrias-assad-hezbollah, The Big Story, (July 16, 2013)
Saddam Hussein (1937–2006) Iraqi politician and President
Statement of H.E. Mr. Saddam Hussein, President of the Republic of Iraq, on the Iraq-Iranian conflict (1981)
Abdullah of Saudi Arabia (1924–2015) former King of Saudi Arabia
Iran-Saudi Arabia emphasize on Muslims' unity, Iranian Students' News Agency, 5 August 2007, 2007-08-06 http://www.isna.ir/Main/NewsView.aspx?ID=News-973410&Lang=E,.
Yu Zhengsheng (1945) Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference
Yu Zhengsheng (2013) cited in " China unveils 6 new cross-strait measures http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/china-taiwan-relations/2013/06/17/381387/China-unveils.htm" on The China Post, 17 June 2013.
“It is not a country-to-country relation between the two sides of the Strait.”
Wu Po-hsiung (1939) Taiwanese politician
Hu reiterates opposition to Taiwan independence (2012)
Hu Jintao (1942) former General Secretary of the Communist Party of China
2000s, White House speech (2006)
Calvin Coolidge (1872–1933) American politician, 30th president of the United States (in office from 1923 to 1929)
1920s, Second State of the Union Address (1924)
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad (1956) 6th President of the Islamic Republic of Iran
2005, Address to the United Nations General Assembly (17 September 2005)
“The good relations that must always exist between neighboring countries will be restored.”
Eduardo de Castro (1907–1955) Filipino actor and film director
Source: Eduardo de Castro (2021) cited in " Melilla Authorities Hope for Reopening of Borders With Morocco in 2022 https://www.moroccoworldnews.com/2021/12/346225/melilla-authorities-hope-for-reopening-of-borders-with-morocco-in-2022" on Morocco World News, 27 December 2021. <br class="br">Context: border opening between Melilla and Morocco after COVID-19 lockdown
Barack Obama (1961) 44th President of the United States of America
2014, Statement on Cuban policy (December 2014)
Context: Today, the United States of America is changing its relationship with the people of Cuba.
In the most significant changes in our policy in more than fifty years, we will end an outdated approach that, for decades, has failed to advance our interests, and instead we will begin to normalize relations between our two countries. Through these changes, we intend to create more opportunities for the American and Cuban people, and begin a new chapter among the nations of the Americas.