Mediterranean Union Leaders Attend Bastille Day Parade

PARIS - JULY 14: In this handout photo provided by the Israeli Government Press Office (GPO), Qatari Emir Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani speaks with Syrian President Bashar Assad as guest of honor United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon goes to greet Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak, Finnish President Tarja Halonen and Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Bastille Day on July 14, 2008 in Paris, France. Leaders joined Bastille Day celebrations by watching a military parade on the Champs-Elysees. The Union of the Mediterranean, French President Nicolas Sarkozy's brain child to increase ties and combat fundamentalism with the North African and Middle Eastern countries, now include all European Union member states on the insistence of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. (Photo by Avi Ohayon/GPO via Getty Images)