07.12.2011                      11.Kislev. 5772

Lieberman:

Economics crux of Mideast problems

FM suggests that int'l efforts in the Middle East focus on economic development and building up the middle class.

Prop up the Middle East’s middle class today, and tomorrow it will be much easier to solve intractable political problems, Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told a gathering of European foreign ministers on Tuesday.
Speaking in Vilnius to a meeting of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe, Lieberman said a successful middle class was the backbone of a healthy society, and that its formation was essential in establishing societies that reject violence as a way to solve problems, both domestically and internationally….