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An Important Visit of Arafat to GermanyThe Chairman of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Autonomic Territories Yassir Arafat will end his visit to Germany on Wednesday.His visit to Germany is very successful. During his stay in Berlin he has met with many German politicians. German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder had assured Arafat during their meeting that German Government would firmly back the aim of Palestinians to found their own state in their territories. The Palestinian state is expected to be proclaimed this autumn. Schroeder stressed that the declaration of the EU summit which was held just one year before in Berlin is still effective that the EU. backed firmly the founding of own state of the Palestinians and thought that the Palestinians had right to establish their own state in their region. Besides German Chancellor Arafat had had meeting with German Federal President Johannes Rau (Photo), German Parliament President Wolfgang Thierse, German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer, German Finance Minister Hans Eichel and the former German minister for development aid and the expert for the affairs of the Middle East Hans-Juergen Wischnewski. In Arafat's opinion the negotiation which was held in Washington must be finished at latest till September 13th. He pointed out at press conference that he had to postpone proclamation of the founding of an own state because he was under the pressure of different sides. Arafat called Germany and other EU's nations to join in the peace process of the Middle East. In his opinion the EU. should play a very active role in it. But Schroeder stressed that Germany must take its steps within the frame of the EU. and the European cannot play as a leading role in the peace talks of the Middle East. At his meeting with Hans-Juergen Wischnewski Arafat conferred the order "Bethlehem 2000" to the famous SPD-politician in order to commend his contributions for promoting the peace case of the Middle East. Arafat praised Wischnewski as "friend of all Arabs". In Berlin Arafat had visited the Federal Printing House where since 1994 passports, credentials, papers, certificates and stamps were printed for Palestinians and up to now already more than 13 million exemplars had been made. Arafat travelled to Stuttgart on Tuesday and continued his visit. In Stuttgart he met with Prime Minister of the state of Baden-Wuerttemberg Erwin Teufel. Teufel showed also his support for the Palestinian people and set a high value on Arafat for his contributions for the peace process of the Middle East. Teufel had assure Arafat that Baden-Wuerttemberg will for Palestine with more economic aids, especially through training of Palestinian teachers. Arafat made a speech in the American Chamber of Commerce. He expressed that Palestine will extend its economic and trade relations with Germany and welcome German companies to invest in Palestine.
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