Therefore, every country has to understand that fighting against international terrorism is not for the sake of the United States, but for the sake of themselves, and, to a larger extent, in the name of stability of international relations.

Certainly, Africa accounts for only l % of world trade, and we cannot assure our development on our own.

My actions to promote peace, the mediation missions which I carried out during many conflicts, which very often occurred between brothers of the same country, are not driven by any ulterior motives or any calculations based on personal ambitions.

The birth of the African Union should encourage us to reexamine relations between African States.

Economic sanctions rarely achieve the desired results.

In brief, Western democracy, as other political models, is not exportable to all regions of the world.

For about ten years now, the struggle for democracy and the respect of human rights has been in the focus point - if not a commodity - of political groups aiming to rise to power.