Thus it is clear that as a result of this summit Abu Mazen will be very welcome in Washington but not so much among the Palestinians who will see him in his true colours.

So much so that they repeatedly state that parts of it are "too painful to revisit" and are thus not part of the statement.

That has created anxiety in some surplus countries, including South Korea and Japan, who fear that their currencies are rising so much that their exports -- and thus their growth -- are endangered.