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Following are excerpts from an interview with former U.N. secretary-general Dr. Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali which aired on Al-Jazeera TV on March 11, 2009.
Interviewer: Dr. Ghali, don't you live in Egypt?
Dr. Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali: Yes, I do.
Interviewer: Don't you see all the problems?
Dr. Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali: These problems exist all over the world, not only in Egypt.
Interviewer: All over the world?
Dr. Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali: Yes.
Interviewer: Something like the Al-Ahram strike takes place all over the world?
Dr. Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali: Yes, there are daily strikes throughout the world.
Interviewer: Things are different now. This is the first time in the history of Egypt that every day, we see new sectors of Egyptian society striking, because of the severe problems they face...
Dr. Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali: All of this is because of the Camp David Accords?
Interviewer: Of course.
Dr. Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali: Come one, man...
Interviewer: It was Camp David that brought all this.
Dr. Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali: You remind me of the times when everything was attributed to colonialism.
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Interviewer: How do you view the peace accord 30 years later?
Dr. Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali: I swear that just like the Saudi caller just said, this was the greatest triumph for Egyptian diplomacy... Why are you smiling? I guess you are not convinced.
Interviewer: Thank you. I always look forward to interviewing you.
Dr. Boutrous Boutrous-Ghali: Thank you.
Interviewer: Thank you too.
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