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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9308
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) ep/qatar

Qatar's Emir insists region should be made democratic and UN resolutions respected to achieve peace between Israelis and Palestinians

Strasbourg, 16/11/2006 (Agence Europe) - Qatar “has chosen democracy”, the EU is an “inspiration” for it, and it hopes that the Arab League will “achieve the same level of integration” as the EU, said Cheikh Hamad bin Khalifa al Thani, the Emir of Qatar, when speaking to the European Parliament on 15 November. Greeting him, Josep Borrell, said he was the first Head of State of a Gulf country to address MEPs. He told him: “You have been a pioneer in the democratisation...

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