Nous ne le regrettons pas pour nous, mais pour le fait même de sa présence: le fait qu’il était déjà ici, qu’il ait réussi à venir jusqu’à ce Parlement, qu’il ait pu accepter notre invitation, était un signe encourageant.
We regret it not for our own sake but because he would have been able to come: the fact that he was already here, that he was able to come to this Parliament, that he could accept our invitation, was an encouraging sign, in particular that we are able to receive the elected Palestinian president here.