1. Meles is trying to externalize his problems." And those problems are vast.

2. "And Afghanistan cannot succeed if its people do not actively support their government." Separately, the Afghan ambassador to the United Nations, Zahir Tanin, expressed similar views, but Pakistani UN Ambassador Munir Akram argued that the problem is inside Afghanistan and there is no need to externalize the issue.

3. Thanks to his acute sensibility he reveals the unparalleled beauty of a seabed that guards its secrets jealously as the aeons go by. «In Theocharakis‘ paintings there are no rough seas or romantic play of waves, nor any mariners or wrecked castaways,» said Mavrotas. «The substance is for him concealed under the surface of the sea ‘sea of broad ways‘ of the ‘gleaming, silvery sea.‘ The painter and his brush externalize a deep feeling for a world ruled by awe and the mystery of existence.» The paintings in the «Seabedscapes» group (2001–2006) are Theocharakis‘ celebration of the watery element, the consummation of his bid to reconcile his imaginative force to the poetry of images.