DOHA, 25 February 2005 — Israeli Deputy Education Minister Michal Melchior paid a brief visit to Qatar to take part in a seminar on the Middle East peace road map, an organizer said yesterday.
Melchior “was one of four main panelists, who included Palestinian minister Ghassan Khatib,” said Alexandra Willis, who was in charge of the seminar.
The seminar in Doha was jointly organized by a Qatari education institution headed by Sheikha Mozah bint Nasser Al-Misned, wife of Qatar’s emir, and the BBC.
Melchior’s visit was “not secret. He took part in the debate in front of some 300 people, including academics, diplomats and students,” Willis said.
The roadmap calls for an end to violence, a freeze on Jewish settlement activities and the creation of a Palestinian state.
