But speaking to reporters he also praised Turkey's restraint after a series of crossborder mortar attacks.
"Can you imagine a Chinese company going in and trying to close down a plant in Dearborn, Michigan?", asks one American lawyer based in China.Daring and defiantTo be sure, no one doubts that as Chinese firms gain more crossborder M&A experience, they will venture into Western countries in higher numbers and with greater success.
Of the top ten Chinese crossborder M&A deals by dollar value this year, all but two of the acquired companies were in Asia.
In 2006 Chinese companies did 103 crossborder deals worth US$20.7bn, according to Dealogic.
The crossborder influence of satellite television, like Qatar's Al Jazeera station, as well as the Internet, has broken completely the monopoly on the control of information previously held tightly by Arab governments.
A report, by London-based consultancy CrossBorder Capital, claimed it was the biggest drain of financial assets since the Lehman crisis in 2008.
A crossborder invasion into Pakistan would be against India's interests, he said, because it would "force Musharraf's hand": if he responded, it would trigger a wider war; if he failed to respond, it could provoke a coup that would topple him.
Sergeant Shalit was seized in a crossborder raid by Hamas and other Palestinian militant groups in June 2006, and was taken into Gaza.
News of the investigations came a day after Microsoft said it was moving its software distribution operations to the Netherlands from Germany because of concerns that an adverse decision in a patent dispute with Motorola Mobility could hamper crossborder shipments.
Moustapha, the AQIM expert, told me, "If there is one area where Aziz has succeeded, it's security — especially crossborder threats — and the population is appreciative".
The treaty would require states to review all crossborder arms contracts, establish national control systems and deny exports to purchasers who might use the weapons for terrorism or violations of humanitarian law.
