US State Department
"U.S. Working with Europe in Reaching Out to Muslim World
State's Fried says Islam and democracy can coexist
By Vince Crawley
Washington File Staff Writer
Washington -- The United States and its European partners are successfully changing the long-held notion that democracy and human rights cannot thrive in the Middle East, a senior State Department official says.
Freedom, democracy and reform are “now front and center in the region, including in Saudi Arabia,' Daniel Fried, assistant secretary of state for European and Eurasian affairs, said January 18 during a question and answer session following remarks to community leaders in Baltimore, Maryland.
Speaking to the Baltimore Council on Foreign Affairs, Fried outlined how Europe and the United States are working together “in support of freedom-seekers around the world” not only in the Balkans, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, but also in the broader Middle East, including Iran. (See related article.)"
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