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We call upon various political faction to avoid any act of provocation. – Abdel Fattah al-Sisi	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Whether you're using fishing boats or civilian drones, it doesn't look as though this is official policy. It doesn't look like direct military harassment in the way that the incursion of a warplane does. And so it's a deniable provocation. – Isabel Hilton	Found on CNN 1 year ago
A vast invasion is underway by land by sea and by air, (Putin) has attacked a friendly country without any provocation and without any credible excuse. – Boris Johnson	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I think it is obvious that NATO expansion does not have any relation with the modernization of the Alliance itself or with ensuring security in Europe, on the contrary, it represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust. And we have the right to ask : Against whom is this expansion intended ? – Vladimir Putin	Found on CNN 2 years ago
And just as we've been clear with Moscow, we're also urging Ukraine to continue to exercise restraint, because again, the Russian playbook is to claim provocation for something that they were planning to do all along. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Our concern is that Russia may make a serious mistake of attempting to rehash what it undertook back in 2014, when it amassed forces along the border, crossed into sovereign Ukrainian territory and did so claiming falsely that it was provoked, so the playbook that we've seen in the past was to claim some provocation as a rationale for doing what it, what it intended and planned to do. All which is why we're looking at this very carefully. – Antony Blinken	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Life is an Invitation, Provocation, and a Celebration. – Tilak Fernando	added by BatmanSam 2 years ago
Three women brutally attacked our hosts without provocation, got arrested and charged for their misconduct, and then, over the last several days, had their lawyer falsely and grossly misrepresent their acts of wanton violence in a cynical attempt to try to excuse the inexcusable. – Jeffrey Bank	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Taiwan is an inseparable part of China, the Taiwan issue is China’s internal affair and allows no external interference. We call on the U.S. to recognize the situation, stop provocation and abide by the One China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-U.S. joint communiques. – Tan Kefei	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
This is a provocation of our people and an aggression against our Jerusalem and our holy sites. – Mohammad Shtayyeh	Found on Reuters 2 years ago
We are very surprised by the intensity of the desire to die among children who may be 12 or 13 years old, we sometimes have children of 9 who already want to die. And it’s not simply a provocation or a blackmail via suicide. It is a genuine wish to end their lives. – Richard Delorme	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Diaoyu island and the affiliated islands are China's inherent territory, China is resolute in safeguarding our territorial sovereignty, this so-called administrative re-designation is a serious provocation towards China's territorial sovereignty. – Zhao Lijian	Found on CNN 3 years ago
I assess his comment reflected Trump's thinking and was part of the U.S. side's positive efforts to revive the momentum for talks, but if ... the hostile provocation against us is carried out, we won't help but responding with shocking punishment that the United States can't afford. – Kim Yong Chol	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
The 'South Park' episode was about as deliberate a provocation as one can get, it's what 'South Park' is about. The response of the Chinese censors was entirely predictable. – Lindsay Conner	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
China will not phase out its imports from Iran by any means, but they are going to stop short of the kind of action that would be open provocation to the President Donald Trump administration. – Michael Hirson	Found on CNN 4 years ago
The police advise the public not to abuse social media or communication networks by uploading or sharing any form of provocation that can affect religious or racial sensitivities, causing racial tensions within this country's diverse community. – Mohamad Fuzi Harun	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
What the U.S. empire is doing with its puppets is an internal provocation, they wanted to generate a great national commotion, but they didnt achieve it. – Nicolas Maduros	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Were not beggars, what the U.S. empire is doing with its puppets is an internal provocation. They wanted to generate a great national commotion, but they didnt achieve it. – Nicolás Maduro	Found on FOX News 5 years ago
Was the provocation organized by Kiev in this region the real reason for cancellation ? publicly, we heard just such an explanation, we took note of it. Is this a reality ? I think that you still need to look for answers in the United States domestic political situation. The dominant factor in making a decision is domestic political realities in the US. – United States	Found on CNN 5 years ago
The US strongly supports Israel's efforts to defend The US sovereignty, and we call on Hezbollah to stop its tunneling into Israel and to refrain from escalation and violence, more broadly, we call on Iran and all of its agents to stop their regional aggression and provocation, which pose an unacceptable threat to Israeli and regional security. – John Bolton	Found on CNN 5 years ago
Besides being a provocation, which it is, its a move to undermine the institution of the (Catalan government) perpetrated by its own president ... I agree with the government; until there's a Catalan government, 155 will continue to be applied. – Pedro Sanchez	Found on Reuters 5 years ago
With the missile impacting so close to Russian soil -- in fact, closer to Russia than to Japan -- the President cannot imagine that Russia is pleased, let this latest provocation serve as a call for all nations to implement far stronger sanctions against North Korea. – The United	Found on CNN 6 years ago
Past efforts have failed to halt North Korea's unlawful weapons programs and nuclear and ballistic missile tests, with each provocation, North Korea jeopardizes stability in Northeast Asia and poses a growing threat to our allies and the U.S. homeland. – Rex Tillerson	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
Unfortunately, extremists from both sides have come to Berkeley in recent weeks to engage in provocation. – Jesse Arreguin	Found on FOX News 7 years ago

We call upon various political faction to avoid any act of provocation.

– Abdel Fattah al-Sisi

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Whether you're using fishing boats or civilian drones, it doesn't look as though this is official policy. It doesn't look like direct military harassment in the way that the incursion of a warplane does. And so it's a deniable provocation.

– Isabel Hilton

Found on CNN
1 year ago

A vast invasion is underway by land by sea and by air, (Putin) has attacked a friendly country without any provocation and without any credible excuse.

– Boris Johnson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I think it is obvious that NATO expansion does not have any relation with the modernization of the Alliance itself or with ensuring security in Europe, on the contrary, it represents a serious provocation that reduces the level of mutual trust. And we have the right to ask : Against whom is this expansion intended ?

– Vladimir Putin

Found on CNN
2 years ago

And just as we've been clear with Moscow, we're also urging Ukraine to continue to exercise restraint, because again, the Russian playbook is to claim provocation for something that they were planning to do all along.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Our concern is that Russia may make a serious mistake of attempting to rehash what it undertook back in 2014, when it amassed forces along the border, crossed into sovereign Ukrainian territory and did so claiming falsely that it was provoked, so the playbook that we've seen in the past was to claim some provocation as a rationale for doing what it, what it intended and planned to do. All which is why we're looking at this very carefully.

– Antony Blinken

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Life is an Invitation, Provocation, and a Celebration.

– Tilak Fernando

added by BatmanSam
2 years ago

Three women brutally attacked our hosts without provocation, got arrested and charged for their misconduct, and then, over the last several days, had their lawyer falsely and grossly misrepresent their acts of wanton violence in a cynical attempt to try to excuse the inexcusable.

– Jeffrey Bank

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Taiwan is an inseparable part of China, the Taiwan issue is China’s internal affair and allows no external interference. We call on the U.S. to recognize the situation, stop provocation and abide by the One China principle and the provisions of the three Sino-U.S. joint communiques.

– Tan Kefei

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This is a provocation of our people and an aggression against our Jerusalem and our holy sites.

– Mohammad Shtayyeh

Found on Reuters
2 years ago

We are very surprised by the intensity of the desire to die among children who may be 12 or 13 years old, we sometimes have children of 9 who already want to die. And it’s not simply a provocation or a blackmail via suicide. It is a genuine wish to end their lives.

– Richard Delorme

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Diaoyu island and the affiliated islands are China's inherent territory, China is resolute in safeguarding our territorial sovereignty, this so-called administrative re-designation is a serious provocation towards China's territorial sovereignty.

– Zhao Lijian

Found on CNN
3 years ago

I assess his comment reflected Trump's thinking and was part of the U.S. side's positive efforts to revive the momentum for talks, but if ... the hostile provocation against us is carried out, we won't help but responding with shocking punishment that the United States can't afford.

– Kim Yong Chol

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The 'South Park' episode was about as deliberate a provocation as one can get, it's what 'South Park' is about. The response of the Chinese censors was entirely predictable.

– Lindsay Conner

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

China will not phase out its imports from Iran by any means, but they are going to stop short of the kind of action that would be open provocation to the President Donald Trump administration.

– Michael Hirson

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The police advise the public not to abuse social media or communication networks by uploading or sharing any form of provocation that can affect religious or racial sensitivities, causing racial tensions within this country's diverse community.

– Mohamad Fuzi Harun

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

What the U.S. empire is doing with its puppets is an internal provocation, they wanted to generate a great national commotion, but they didnt achieve it.

– Nicolas Maduros

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Were not beggars, what the U.S. empire is doing with its puppets is an internal provocation. They wanted to generate a great national commotion, but they didnt achieve it.

– Nicolás Maduro

Found on FOX News
5 years ago

Was the provocation organized by Kiev in this region the real reason for cancellation ? publicly, we heard just such an explanation, we took note of it. Is this a reality ? I think that you still need to look for answers in the United States domestic political situation. The dominant factor in making a decision is domestic political realities in the US.

– United States

Found on CNN
5 years ago

The US strongly supports Israel's efforts to defend The US sovereignty, and we call on Hezbollah to stop its tunneling into Israel and to refrain from escalation and violence, more broadly, we call on Iran and all of its agents to stop their regional aggression and provocation, which pose an unacceptable threat to Israeli and regional security.

– John Bolton

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Besides being a provocation, which it is, its a move to undermine the institution of the (Catalan government) perpetrated by its own president ... I agree with the government; until there's a Catalan government, 155 will continue to be applied.

– Pedro Sanchez

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

With the missile impacting so close to Russian soil -- in fact, closer to Russia than to Japan -- the President cannot imagine that Russia is pleased, let this latest provocation serve as a call for all nations to implement far stronger sanctions against North Korea.

– The United

Found on CNN
6 years ago

Past efforts have failed to halt North Korea's unlawful weapons programs and nuclear and ballistic missile tests, with each provocation, North Korea jeopardizes stability in Northeast Asia and poses a growing threat to our allies and the U.S. homeland.

– Rex Tillerson

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

Unfortunately, extremists from both sides have come to Berkeley in recent weeks to engage in provocation.

– Jesse Arreguin

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

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