"The person who won called me. She told me that she is accepting it in my honor, because I deserve it. It was a very nice thing to say. She is very good. I have been helping her. They need a lot of help in Venezuela".

"I haven't cancelled, but I don't know that we're going to have it — but I'm going to be there regardless."

"Awarding the Nobel Peace Prize to someone who justifies the genocide in Gaza and advocates military aggression against Venezuela is yet another example of the West's divisive and interventionist approach toward the developing world.

This choice is nothing but a mockery of the true meaning of peace".