German Foreign minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier speaks under the eye of German Chancellor Angela Merkel (2ndL), Palestinian Prime Minister Salam Fayyad (L) and US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice at the opening of the Palestinian security conference on June 24, 2008 at the Foreign Ministry in Berlin. The one-day international conference aims to bolster the rule of law in the Palestinian territories and create the necessary conditions for the creation of a viable state. AFP PHOTO POOL/Bundesregierung/ GUIDO BERGMANN