VOL. XLVII

No 08

23-February-2004

MIDDLE EAST DOCUMENT

G-8s Middle East Vision

The following is the text of a US working paper for G-8 Sherpas, in preparation for the next G-8 Summit, at Sea Island, Georgia in the US on 8-10 June. While it defines the Middle East as the countries of the Arab world, plus Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey and Israel, the paper makes no reference to the last five states. Nor does it make reference to the political background of the Middle East or the Arab-Israeli...