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| German foreign minister offers support to Fayyad |
| 2007-06-17 |
| Germany's foreign minister spoke with newly appointed Palestinian Authority Prime Minister Salam Fayyad on Saturday and assured him of the EU's support, an official said. PA Chairman Mahmoud Abbas dismantled a unity coalition between Hamas and his Fatah movement after Hamas took control of Gaza by force earlier this week. He fired the Hamas prime minister and replaced him with Fayyad, previously the finance minister. In a telephone conversation Saturday with German Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier, Fayyad "underlined that the emergency government would do everything to achieve quickly a calming of the situation," Foreign Ministry spokesman Martin Jaeger said in a statement. Steinmeier "assured Fayyad of the EU's support" and suggested a meeting "as soon as conditions allow," Jaeger added. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 You could always give 'em to the Chinese. After all, why not some good submarine technology to go along with the fighter tech, eh? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-06-17 20:46 |
| #5 No. And we're not going to give some old, but still good, Soviet equipment that we've. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-06-17 16:35 |
| #4 Does that mean you guys aren't gonna run your German-built submarines anymore? |
| Posted by: Pappy 2007-06-17 11:37 |
| #3 As long as the sentiment is conveyed accurately. |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-06-17 06:49 |
| #2 Gr0mgoru, just for the sake of accuracy, it was "Sieg" (pron. "zeeg"). "Zig" would be pronounced "tzig" and would mean a short for Zigeuner => gypsy. |
| Posted by: twobyfour 2007-06-17 05:05 |
| #1 Zig Heil! |
| Posted by: gromgoru 2007-06-17 03:59 |