DOHA: A top European diplomat yesterday called on the West to stop patronising the Arab Spring and respect the results of the democratic elections that are taking place in the post-revolution Arab countries.

Addressing a session on “Muslim-Western relations – 10 years past 9/11” at the fourth UN Alliance of Civilizations Forum here, Paulo Portas, Foreign Minister of Portugal said that the fall of the autocratic regimes in the Arab world had given a great opportunity to the West to rebuild its relations with the Islamic world.

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