He praised Britain's forces for enhancing its standing.
Salmond was praised for his performance in the debate.
But St Petersburg lawmaker Vitaly Milonov, who is known for drafting legislation that inspired Russia's 2013 law against gay propaganda, praised the administrative arrest and recommended that the women face "corrective labour".
Oregon senator Ron Wyden, a Democrat on the intelligence committee who has railed against NSA surveillance for years, praised the breakthrough but said the work is far from complete.
Scots can hardly be prissy about the approach, given the national team has profited and been praised for similar against superior opposition.
Colum Eastwood, a local member of the Northern Ireland Assembly for the nationalist SDLP, described the gunmen as "cowards" and praised the actions of the driver.
Hong also praised Annan's efforts and said China is open "towards any proposals that would help promote a political solution to the Syria issue".
Boris Johnson, the London mayor, got into hot water last week when he praised the value of greed as a spur to progress and controversially suggested some people struggle to get on in life because of their low IQs.
Also on Friday, a leading Pakistani Taliban splinter group praised the "blessed attacks in France" but had harsh words for governments and media in the Islamic world, who the group said had not condemned the magazine forcefully enough.
However, Harding praised the show saying: "By the standards we set, it far exceeded expectations".
A number of rightwing British activists have publicly praised mass murderer Anders Behring Breivik – one describing him as a "role model" – since the Norwegian extremist was sentenced.
