” “Another important meeting for the Parliamentary committees in Brussels. After talking, in the past few days, with the Iranian Minister of Foreign Affairs, Manouchehr Mottaki, and elsewhere with the President of the European Central Bank, Jean-Claude Trichet, today the EU MPs met the president of the Arab League, Amr Mussa. Asked about the affair of the cartoons of Muhammad, he stated that "there’s been disrespect for the Islamic religion", but "now we must put an end to that affair, not least because we are all in the same boat". "Every action is followed by a reaction explained the Arab leader but we condemn in any case the violence and the actions that triggered such violence". About freedom of expression, the Parliamentary interlocutor said he is in favour of it, "although it must always be exercised responsibly". About the Palestinian situation, the head of the Arab League claimed that "those who have won the elections will rule the country"; then, he invited Hamas to recognise Israel and the solution that establishes the "coexistence of two States". Mussa, who favours the nuclear disarmament of the Middle East, advocated the right of the Arab States to produce nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.” “
