horribly wrong, though

March 31, 2008

horribly wrong, though

»Mrs. Calmy-Rey has sold out her government’s international credibility in return for 5.5 billion cubic meters of Iranian natural gas and perhaps for some new friends in the radical Muslim world – definitely not a good investment!«

Ronald S. Lauder, in: Switzerland’s shabby deal with Iran (World Jewish Congress, link, March 31):

[...] Two weeks ago, Swiss Foreign Minister Micheline Calmy-Rey appeared, veiled in a headscarf, at the side of Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad to seal an enormous deal with the National Iranian Gas Export Company. She did so on behalf of a private Swiss company, ‘to safeguard Switzerland’s own strategic interests,’ as she put it…

Related:
A photo of Micheline - not just veiled but as if with a veil (found on kobi.ch)