Palestinian premier hails success of Berlin donors' conference - paper

He continued: "I sensed that the representatives of the different states feel that we are very serious in our work, which is what they expressed in their speeches and remarks during the conference. Many participants commented on the idea that we have been working for one year and no one was exp...

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Published inBBC Monitoring Middle East
Format Newsletter
LanguageEnglish
Published London BBC Worldwide Limited 26.06.2008
Subjects
Fayyad, Salam
International relations
Meetings
Palestinian people
Prisons
MIDEAST
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Summary:He continued: "I sensed that the representatives of the different states feel that we are very serious in our work, which is what they expressed in their speeches and remarks during the conference. Many participants commented on the idea that we have been working for one year and no one was expecting the situation to change to the extent it has changed in the one year, from the state of dominant chaos to the state in which matters have dramatically and positively changed. Thus, they consider us serious in our work and deserving of support and appreciation. Therefore, they also felt that there is change, and there is a possibility, desire, and insistence on change." [Salam Fayyad] had held a series of long bilateral meetings with the German foreign minister; US Secretary of State [Condoleezza Rice]; Javier Solana, the top official responsible for foreign policy and security in the EU; and EU Foreign Relations Commissioner [Benita Ferrero-Waldner]. He said: "In all the meetings, we focused on the subject of the settlement, which must be stopped, as well as the issue of the prisoners in Israeli jails and the need for Israel to release the detainees, because this topic cannot remain as it is now, and pressure must be brought to bear on Israel in this direction, quickly."