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Olga Georges-Picot was the great-niece of François Georges-Picot, the diplomat who was a driving force in the signing of the Sykes-Picot Agreement.
101 Years on From the Sykes-Picot Agreement

It’s time to look beyond the “original sins” of the Sykes-Picot Agreement and European interventions in the Middle East. Europeans should calmly make plans for the region’s future, but explain their intentions clearly.