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One of the reasons we came to Iraq, one of the reasons we committed ourselves, was to restore the territorial integrity of Iraq and the sovereignty of the Iraqi government over all of Iraq, while we may not be directly providing them assistance, the idea that the assistance flows through Baghdad ... has both provided for the support to the Kurds but also has reinforced the nature of the sovereignty of the Iraqi government. – John Allen	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Frankly we were surprised by the level of support, this is very similar to 1995. We're defending the same things, protesting privatization of the company, the need to protect Brazil's sovereignty, the need to maintain investment in Brazil. – Marcos Breda	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is very similar to 1995. We're defending the same things, protesting privatization of the company, the need to protect Brazil's sovereignty, the need to maintain investment in Brazil. – Marcos Breda	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The result of this arbitration will not impact China's sovereignty, rights or jurisdiction over the South China Sea under historical facts and international law, from this ruling you can see the Philippines' aim in presenting the case is not to resolve the dispute. Its aim is to deny China's rights in the South China Sea and confirm its own rights in the South China Sea. – Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The state may use any available judicial and political mechanism contained in the constitution and in the laws to defend the sovereignty of the Spanish people and of the general interest of Spain, those who want to divide and split Catalonia from Spain must know that they will not succeed. – Mariano Rajoy	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The sovereignty, peace and independence of the Republic is at risk, that's why we are asking the Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate. – Pedro Carreno	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is very bad news, jobim was proposed by the UNASUR foreign ministers. Now (the Venezuelan government) cannot say its sovereignty was at stake, or that the United States was imposing its agenda. – Nelson Jobim	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Any attempt to violate the sovereignty of one NATO nation will result in the decisive military engagement of all NATO nations. – General Philip Breedlove	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
If naval and other ships from other countries, including the U.S. would be obliged to use and log them, it could be taken as de facto recognition of China's sovereignty. – Ian Storey	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
A control board independent enough would have to be basically imposed on Puerto Rico and infringe on its sovereignty and I think that's a problematic thing for the federal government to do. – Douglas Holtz-Eakin	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The administration has continued to restrict our Navy ships from operating within 12 nautical miles of China's reclaimed islands, this is a dangerous mistake that grants de facto recognition of China's man-made sovereignty claims. – John McCain	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
You're asking and demanding America to respect your sovereignty when making a decision to do it even if America objects and it's against her interests, you can't go in the opposite direction and force America in when they're here on a drill that was known ahead of time. – Ehud Barak	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The United States contacted us before they sent in this group and said they are fighting against Daesh (Islamic State) and not the Syrian army at all, we said we support any effort to combat Daesh in coordination and consultation with the Syrian government, otherwise it will be a breach of Syrian sovereignty. – Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Russian forces must get out of Ukraine's territory. State sovereignty must be renewed in the uncontrolled part of the Ukrainian-Russian border. – President Petro Poroshenko	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
The historic events we are living today will only make sense with the removal of the economic, commercial and financial blockade, which causes so much deprivation and damage to our people, the return of occupied territory in Guantanamo, and respect for the sovereignty of Cuba. – Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In Russia we have a nuclear power. We have one that not only has the capability to violate the sovereignty of our allies and to do things that are inconsistent with our national interests, but they’re in the process of doing so. – Joseph Dunford	Found on FOX News 8 years ago
The best way for Indonesia to resolve any concerns it has ... is for Indonesia to enforce sovereignty over its borders. – Julie Bishop	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
In Israel, the issue of Jerusalem is important as a symbol of Israeli sovereignty, jerusalem really does matter to people. – Ori Nir	Found on CNN 8 years ago
It would mean further loss of this country's sovereignty over its agricultural system, which means every farmer is at the mercy of an international market. – George Naylor	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Vietnam has recently conducted consolidation on the islands under Vietnam's sovereignty. – Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
From the perspective of sovereignty, there is absolutely no difference. – Yang Yujun	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Ultimately no matter how much sand China piles on top of a submerged reef or shoal ... it is not enhancing its territorial claim. You can't build sovereignty, he (Kerry) will leave his Chinese interlocutors in absolutely no doubt that the United States remains committed to maintaining freedom of navigation and to exercise our legitimate rights as pertaining to over flight and movement on the high seas. – The State Department official	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
This is a ridiculous attempt to shift the focus away from what is actually happening in eastern Ukraine, russia continues to supply lethal weapons, training and command and control support for armed separatists in eastern Ukraine, in blatant violation of Moscow's Minsk commitments and Ukraine's sovereignty. – Eileen Lainez	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
Personally, my feeling is we will continue to insist (on) our sovereignty over those properties but at the same time we hope we can create a situation where we can improve bilateral relations with China, china has all the capital and we have the property so why don't we try and develop that property as a joint venture? – Jejomar Binay	Found on Reuters 9 years ago

One of the reasons we came to Iraq, one of the reasons we committed ourselves, was to restore the territorial integrity of Iraq and the sovereignty of the Iraqi government over all of Iraq, while we may not be directly providing them assistance, the idea that the assistance flows through Baghdad ... has both provided for the support to the Kurds but also has reinforced the nature of the sovereignty of the Iraqi government.

– John Allen

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Frankly we were surprised by the level of support, this is very similar to 1995. We're defending the same things, protesting privatization of the company, the need to protect Brazil's sovereignty, the need to maintain investment in Brazil.

– Marcos Breda

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

– Marcos Breda

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The result of this arbitration will not impact China's sovereignty, rights or jurisdiction over the South China Sea under historical facts and international law, from this ruling you can see the Philippines' aim in presenting the case is not to resolve the dispute. Its aim is to deny China's rights in the South China Sea and confirm its own rights in the South China Sea.

– Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The state may use any available judicial and political mechanism contained in the constitution and in the laws to defend the sovereignty of the Spanish people and of the general interest of Spain, those who want to divide and split Catalonia from Spain must know that they will not succeed.

– Mariano Rajoy

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The sovereignty, peace and independence of the Republic is at risk, that's why we are asking the Public Prosecutor's Office to investigate.

– Pedro Carreno

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is very bad news, jobim was proposed by the UNASUR foreign ministers. Now (the Venezuelan government) cannot say its sovereignty was at stake, or that the United States was imposing its agenda.

– Nelson Jobim

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Any attempt to violate the sovereignty of one NATO nation will result in the decisive military engagement of all NATO nations.

– General Philip Breedlove

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If naval and other ships from other countries, including the U.S. would be obliged to use and log them, it could be taken as de facto recognition of China's sovereignty.

– Ian Storey

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

A control board independent enough would have to be basically imposed on Puerto Rico and infringe on its sovereignty and I think that's a problematic thing for the federal government to do.

– Douglas Holtz-Eakin

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The administration has continued to restrict our Navy ships from operating within 12 nautical miles of China's reclaimed islands, this is a dangerous mistake that grants de facto recognition of China's man-made sovereignty claims.

– John McCain

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

You're asking and demanding America to respect your sovereignty when making a decision to do it even if America objects and it's against her interests, you can't go in the opposite direction and force America in when they're here on a drill that was known ahead of time.

– Ehud Barak

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The United States contacted us before they sent in this group and said they are fighting against Daesh (Islamic State) and not the Syrian army at all, we said we support any effort to combat Daesh in coordination and consultation with the Syrian government, otherwise it will be a breach of Syrian sovereignty.

– Syrian Foreign Minister Walid al-Moualem

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Russian forces must get out of Ukraine's territory. State sovereignty must be renewed in the uncontrolled part of the Ukrainian-Russian border.

– President Petro Poroshenko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

The historic events we are living today will only make sense with the removal of the economic, commercial and financial blockade, which causes so much deprivation and damage to our people, the return of occupied territory in Guantanamo, and respect for the sovereignty of Cuba.

– Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In Russia we have a nuclear power. We have one that not only has the capability to violate the sovereignty of our allies and to do things that are inconsistent with our national interests, but they’re in the process of doing so.

– Joseph Dunford

Found on FOX News
8 years ago

The best way for Indonesia to resolve any concerns it has ... is for Indonesia to enforce sovereignty over its borders.

– Julie Bishop

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

In Israel, the issue of Jerusalem is important as a symbol of Israeli sovereignty, jerusalem really does matter to people.

– Ori Nir

Found on CNN
8 years ago

It would mean further loss of this country's sovereignty over its agricultural system, which means every farmer is at the mercy of an international market.

– George Naylor

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Vietnam has recently conducted consolidation on the islands under Vietnam's sovereignty.

– Defense Minister Phung Quang Thanh

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

From the perspective of sovereignty, there is absolutely no difference.

– Yang Yujun

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Ultimately no matter how much sand China piles on top of a submerged reef or shoal ... it is not enhancing its territorial claim. You can't build sovereignty, he (Kerry) will leave his Chinese interlocutors in absolutely no doubt that the United States remains committed to maintaining freedom of navigation and to exercise our legitimate rights as pertaining to over flight and movement on the high seas.

– The State Department official

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

This is a ridiculous attempt to shift the focus away from what is actually happening in eastern Ukraine, russia continues to supply lethal weapons, training and command and control support for armed separatists in eastern Ukraine, in blatant violation of Moscow's Minsk commitments and Ukraine's sovereignty.

– Eileen Lainez

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

Personally, my feeling is we will continue to insist (on) our sovereignty over those properties but at the same time we hope we can create a situation where we can improve bilateral relations with China, china has all the capital and we have the property so why don't we try and develop that property as a joint venture?

– Jejomar Binay

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

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