He is heard here through a translator. "Sanctions are being employed as a political tool against Myanmar and we consider them unjust,".

VOA: standard.2009.09.29

Speaking through a translator, he blasted the U.S.economic embargo of Cuba and noted Cuba's exclusion from the summit.

VOA: standard.2009.04.17

Mr.Zardari, whose country is battling Taliban forces along Pakistan's border with Afghanistan, noted,through a translator, the region is suffering from major "geopolitical problems".

VOA: standard.2009.05.24

Through a translator, Afghan President Hamid Karzai decried the bloodshed and violence wracking his country and appealed to his two neighbors to help find solutions to it.

VOA: standard.2009.05.24