The United States wants to promote democracy in the Middle East through Helsinki agreement-type incentives. The plan, which President Bush could present in June at the G-8 summit of leading industrial nations, would offer trade and security incentives to Arab countries that introduce political reforms, The Washington Post reported Monday.
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