Today in quotes
“Our ability to train and operate within the Philippines and with Filipino armed forces would be challenged without that Visiting Forces Agreement.”
Admiral Philip S. Davidson, commander of the US Indo-Pacific Command | AP
“This [coronavirus] outbreak could still go in any direction.”
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, WHO chief
| Reuters
“I am absolutely calm and proud of what I have done [holding migrants at sea]. And I’ll do it again as soon as I get back into government.”
Matteo Salvini, Italy’s far-right leader | BBC
“…as Prime Minister Imran Khan has said, it is in the interest of Pakistan’s future that it does not allow non-state actors to operate from its soil.”
Alice Wells, chief US diplomat for South Asian affairs on the conviction of Jamatud Dawa leader Hafiz Saeed and his aide Malik Zafar Iqbal