(Newswire.net — December 25, 2015) –Among the most important quotes that defined 2015, the newspaper included the reaction of Russian President Vladimir Putin about the downing of a Russian military aircraft Su-24, on November 24th.
“And I guess Allah decided to punish the ruling clique in Turkey by stripping it of its sanity”, siad Putin on this occasion, reports “Washington Post” .
Among the most memorable quotations from 2015, were the statements of the Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan:
“I will not remain in this chair”, Turkish President stated, commenteing on an accusation that Turkey has bought oil from ISIS. Erdogan said, if the accusation were to be confirmed, he would resign.
The statement of French President Francois Hollande is on the list, also.
“France is at war”, Hollande said after terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13th, when 130 people were killed and 350 injured. “Let’s not forget that freedom is more powerful than fear”, said United States President Barack Obama, after Paris attacks.
“Washington post” reports that the need to combat the terrorist threat posed by ISIS, has become one of the main thesis of this year.
Another major problem is the refugee crisis, which was noted in the statement of German Chancellor Angela Merkel: “We’ll overcome it!”.
The satement of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, during his appleal to the U.N. General Assembly in September 2105, is on the Washington Post list of the world leaders quotes who have significantly marked 2105.
“A new chapter has started in Iran’s relations with the world”, said Iran’s President, announcing agreement which was made in July between Iran and world powers over Tehran’s nuclear program.
“What a stunning, historic mistake!”, said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, the day after the accord was announced in July.
Among the most significant entries were also quotes of Bashar al-Assad, David Cameron, Alexis Tsipras and other world leaders.