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that, once this is achieved, it will be possible to cooperate in a productive way

in the areas of culture and society, and for the promotion of justice and peace

in society and throughout the world.

With a view to encouraging your praiseworthy initiative, I am pleased to

communicate that His Holiness would be most willing to receive Your Royal

Highness and a restricted group of signatories of the open letter, chosen by

you. At the same time, a working meeting could be organized between your

delegation and the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue, with the

cooperation of some specialized Pontifical Institutes (such as the Pontifical

Institute for Arabic and Islamic Studies and the Pontifical Gregorian Uni-

versity). The precise details of these meetings could be decided later, should

this proposal prove acceptable to you in principle.

I avail myself of the occasion to renew to Your Royal Highness the

assurance of my highest consideration.

From the Vatican, November 19, 2007.

Card. Tarcisio Bertone

Secretary of State