SZT3742902: Mediterranean Union Summit at the Grand Palais: left to right, Michel Sleiman, Lebanese President, and Sheikh Hamad bin Khalifa Al-Thani, Emir, Minister of Defense and Supreme Commander of the Armed Forces of Qatar, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of the Republic of France and EU Council President, and Bashar Al-Assad, President of Syria , in the Elysee palace, Paris, 12th July 2008 (photo) / Bridgeman Images