Merkel supports the UPM
AFP
German Chancellor Angela Merkel said that the Union for the Mediterranean (UFM) could play a role in the support of Europe to the changes underway in the country Arab. "The existence Union for the Mediterranean is a good thing. This will offer us new opportunities to begin to work together with countries of North Africa "in light of these profound changes," said Merkel at a press conference with his Austrian counterpart Werner Faymann.
" In the past, cooperation within the Union for the Mediterranean was very complicated, especially due to the issue of peace in the Middle East, "said Merkel." We believe that we must provide medium and long term economic support and know-how + + to help develop the region, and this is applies not only to Libya but for other countries in the region, "added the Chancellor." Within the Union for the Mediterranean there are many opportunities to assist in economic development, "she said.
The UFM, created July 13, 2008 on an idea by French President Nicolas Sarkozy, has about forty members, including EU countries, Turkey, Israel and Arab countries bordering the Mediterranean. It aims, in developing concrete projects in various fields (environment, transport, energy, culture, education ...), relaunch the Euro-Mediterranean cooperation launched in Barcelona in 1995 and remained a dead letter. But she is not alive. The former head of state Hosni Mubarak, driven by the Street, was the president with Mr Sarkozy. The new French Minister of Foreign Affairs Alain Juppe said he had to rebuild the UFM because of turmoil in North Africa.
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