German Minister: Egyptian Revolution re- To mind memories of the fall of the Berlin Wall

Confirmed Koranlia Pierre and German Minister of State for Foreign Affairs that in 2011 one of the most distinctive of the years that witnessed the revolutions of the spring by the Arab youth in Egypt.

 Which is reminiscent of what he had done young German in 1989 who had the peaceful revolution in East Germany, which resulted in the fall of the Berlin Wall. This came in a speech to the Secretary of the German dropped by yesterday evening at the ceremony on the occasion of Eid German Unity at the German Embassy in Cairo.
She added that Germany's Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle adopt Partnership Initiative for Democracy, have been allocated 150 million euros in the period 2011 to 2013 to support democracy in Egypt and Tunisia, confirmed her country's readiness to support Egypt in the coming period.

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Panetta discuss with Tantawi and the honor of the future of relations Military and Washington's support for democracy in Egypt

In his first visit to the Middle East after he took the new job, meet Leon Panetta and U.S. Secretary of Defense with the leaders of Egypt, Israel and Palestine, to visit NATO headquarters this week.
 To confirm the security relations of the United States with allied nations and partnership relations with this important part of the world. Is scheduled to meet with Panetta, head of Supreme Council of the armed forces, Field Marshal Mohamed Hussein Tantawi, and the Prime Minister, Dr. Essam Sharaf.The minister said in remarks to American reporters on the plane that carried him to the Middle East, he said that the meetings aimed to reaffirm strong ties to the Pentagon Pentagon with the Egyptian side. It is expected to discuss Panetta with Egyptian officials a number of topics including the efforts of the Supreme Council of the Egyptian armed forces to oversee the transition of power in a credible and transparent, and a commitment to military ties strong and long-term relationship between the two countries and reaffirmed Washington's commitment to the continued help of the armed forces.Panetta said: I want to thank the Field Marshal Tantawi for the assistance provided in September to meet the demand of the Israeli embassy when it was under siege, and explained that the reaction of Field Marshal Tantawi was quickly in this situation, and I appreciate it deeply.Panetta said he would urge the Egyptians to move forward in completing the electoral process, so that Egypt can move towards the formation of a civilian government represents the will of the people and the desires and hopes, and stressed that the United States will provide any help, whatsoever, to Egypt in this regard, saying: whatever assistance we can provide to assist in this process, we are certainly willing to do so.Panetta arrived yesterday to Tel Aviv in his first stop in the region, where he met with Panetta his Israeli counterpart Ehud Barak as defense minister stressed the U.S. Congress' decision to freeze $ 200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority as a mistake.Panetta will meet separately with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to discuss military relations and the strong bilateral security between the United States and Israel, and major security issues in the region and on the border of Israel, and the enormous transformations taking place in the Middle East and North Africa.In his remarks to reporters before his arrival, he warned U.S. Secretary of Defense of the increasing isolation of Israel in the Middle East because of the events of Arab spring, stressing the need to start the Tel Aviv peace talks with the Palestinians and restore good relations with Egypt and Turkey, stressing at the same time that the United States will ensure the preservation of Israel on its military superiority in the region, but to exploit that feature to achieve peace.He said the question we must ask is, are enough to maintain military superiority if you isolate yourself in the diplomatic arena? .. No real security can be achieved only through strong diplomatic efforts and a major effort to protect military strength.Panetta said he will assure the leaders of Israel, when you take Israel through the risks for peace, we will be able to provide the security that you need to negotiate a peace agreement with the Palestinians, adding that his country wants to give confidence to the Israelis that they can to risk for peace, and that will be have the space to negotiate, and Panetta stressed that he would urge Israel to participate in the peace process.Panetta also carries a similar message to the Palestinian side, which is expected to hold meetings with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Salam Fayyad, which calls for a return to negotiations with the Israelis.Panetta said: The best solution to the difficult issues will be on the negotiating table by all participants.He said U.S. Secretary of Defense, according to the Pentagon press office, said he will try to help improve communication and cooperation between Cairo and Tel Aviv, stressing that the events of the Arab spring made it important for Israel to repair strained relations with Turkey and Egypt

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Obama administration is seeking for the release of $ 200 million for Palestinians

Government of President Barack Obama is struggling to persuade Congress to release $ 200 million in aid to the Palestinian Authority has been frozen because of its attempt to win United Nations recognition of a Palestinian state, despite the objections of the United States and Israel.
The spokeswoman said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Victoria Nuland Monday that the U.S. government conducted extensive discussions with key lawmakers opposing the release of such aid, the lifeblood of the Palestinian Authority ..
Noland said in a news briefing that with respect to the release of these funds, there are some fears in some quarters of Congress, and we are trying to overcome.
The lawmakers in the House and Senate in recent weeks moved to freeze the flow of aid to the Palestinians that had been earmarked for the fiscal year 2011.
Said Matt Evnjual spokesman for Rep. Kay Granger head of the House subcommittee that oversees foreign aid - said that Granger endorsed in August / August freeze aid until you resolve the question of the state of the United Nations.
It should be noted that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas had been submitted in August last formal request to the Security Council of the United Nations to recognize the Palestinian state, ignoring the threat to the United States using its veto to thwart the move if you were voting on it.
The United States and Israel that a Palestinian state can only be achieved through direct peace negotiations that collapsed a year ago after he refused to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to extend the limited freeze on building Jewish settlements in the West Bank

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Russian Foreign Ministry: We will not support the UN resolution on Syria

Said the Russian Foreign Ministry Tuesday said Russia would not support the draft UN resolution drafted by Europe on Syria, describing it as "unacceptable" but did not indicate whether they would veto "veto."

Gennady Jatilov told Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs and Interfax news agency that Russia will refuse to support the resolution because the text does not include a clause calling for powers not to interfere in the internal affairs of Syria.

The agency quoted him as saying, "We can not support such a text

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