Based on the assessment of Germany and European Union observers, elections in the autonomous Palestinian areas were basically held in a free and fair manner. |
I can only comment on the content of the Times article. |
I don't see any dissent within the government. |
Our only interlocutor is president (Mahmud) Abbas. |
She personally does not think much of the idea of keeping Iran out of the games. |
The (EU) member states agreed in March at the European summit in Brussels that this should be part of our foreign policy and (EU foreign policy chief Javier) Solana was asked to prepare a concept for this. |
The allegation that two BND agents had Saddam Hussein's plan for defending the Iraqi capital and, one month prior to the start of the war, passed it on to the United States - as described in The New York Times today - is false. |
The allegation that two BND agents had Saddam Hussein's plan for defending the Iraqi capital and, one month prior to the start of the war, passed it on to the United States -- as described in The New York Times today -- is false. |
The allegation that two BND agents had Saddam Hussein's plan for defending the Iraqi capital and, one month prior to the start of the war, passed it on to the United States -- as described in the New York Times today -- is false. The BND and the government had up until now no knowledge of such a plan. |
The allegation that two BND agents had Saddam Hussein's plan for defending the Iraqi capital and, one month prior to the start of the war, passed it on to the United States — as described in the New York Times today — is false. The BND and the government had up until now no knowledge of such a plan. |
The claim that the two BND officers had acquired Saddam Hussein's plan to defend the Iraqi capital and handed it to the U.S.A. one month before the war's outbreak, as is stated in The New York Times, is false. The BND, and with it the German government, were unaware of such a plan until now. |
The comments that have come from various parties over the last few days naturally do not serve to build up good energy relations. Threats from all sides do not help. |
The early visit of the chancellor is in keeping with Germany's special relationship with Israel and the importance she attributes to positive developments in the Middle East. |
The German government will then decide what it will do. |
The New York Times allegations are wrong in all their details. |