Bookbinder Hashim al-Seraji repairs a copy of the Koran as people send their Koran copies to traditional bookbinders for restoration ahead of and during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

Bookbinder Hashim al-Seraji repairs a copy of the Koran as people send their Koran copies to traditional bookbinders for restoration ahead of and during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

Bookbinder Hashim al-Seraji shows an old copy of the Koran as people send their Koran copies to traditional bookbinders for restoration ahead of and during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

Bookbinder Hashim al-Seraji carries book presses with copies of the Koran outside his workshop as people send their Koran copies to traditional bookbinders for restoration ahead of and during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

Bookbinder Hashim al-Seraji receives copies of the Koran from a customer as people send their Koran copies to traditional bookbinders for restoration ahead of and during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

Bookbinder Hashim al-Seraji works on restoring a copy of the Koran as people send their Koran copies to traditional bookbinders for restoration ahead of and during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

Bookbinder Hashim al-Seraji shows an old copy of the Koran as people send their Koran copies to traditional bookbinders for restoration ahead of and during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

Bookbinder Hashim al-Seraji cuts the cover of a copy of the Koran as people send their Koran copies to traditional bookbinders for restoration ahead of and during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

Bookbinder Hashim al-Seraji counts copies of the Koran he received from a customer as people send their Koran copies to traditional bookbinders for restoration ahead of and during the fasting month of Ramadan, in Sanaa, Yemen March 22, 2023. REUTERS/Khaled Abdullah 

Hossam al-Din Ali, an Iraqi teacher, works to bind and restore an old book at a book repair workshop in Mosul, Iraq September 12, 2021. Picture taken September 12, 2021. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily 

Hossam al-Din Ali, an Iraqi teacher, works to bind and restore an old book at a book repair workshop in Mosul, Iraq September 12, 2021. Picture taken September 12, 2021. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily 

Hossam al-Din Ali, an Iraqi teacher, works to bind and restore an old book at a book repair workshop in Mosul, Iraq September 12, 2021. Picture taken September 12, 2021. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily 

Hossam al-Din Ali, an Iraqi teacher who manufactures leather covers for old books, checks the books in a library of the University of Mosul, in Mosul, Iraq September 12, 2021. Picture taken September 12, 2021. REUTERS/Khalid al Mousily 

A worker of the bookbinding factory "Brochage-Renaitre", which employs mainly people with disabilities, sews a special protective mask designed with a partially transparent area that allows deaf people to read lips, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

A worker of the bookbinding factory "Brochage-Renaitre", which employs mainly people with disabilities, wears a special protective mask designed with a partially transparent area that allows deaf people to read lips, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

Workers of the bookbinding factory "Brochage-Renaitre", which employs mainly people with disabilities, sew special protective masks designed with a partially transparent area that allows deaf people to read lips, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

A worker of the bookbinding factory "Brochage-Renaitre", which employs mainly people with disabilities, wears a special protective mask designed with a partially transparent area that allows deaf people to read lips, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

A worker of the bookbinding factory "Brochage-Renaitre", which employs mainly people with disabilities, shows a special protective mask designed with a partially transparent area that allows deaf people to read lips, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

A worker of the bookbinding factory "Brochage-Renaitre", which employs mainly people with disabilities, sews a special protective mask designed with a partially transparent area that allows deaf people to read lips, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

A worker of the bookbinding factory "Brochage-Renaitre", which employs mainly people with disabilities, irons fabrics for a special protective mask designed with a partially transparent area that allows deaf people to read lips, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

A worker of the bookbinding factory "Brochage-Renaitre", which employs mainly people with disabilities, sews a special protective mask designed with a partially transparent area that allows deaf people to read lips, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

A worker of the bookbinding factory "Brochage-Renaitre", which employs mainly people with disabilities, wears a special protective mask designed with a partially transparent area that allows deaf people to read lips, amid the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Brussels, Belgium, May 19, 2020. REUTERS/Yves Herman 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Old books are seen in the workshop of bookbinder Stephane Auvray in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on books in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on old books in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on books in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Stephane Auvray, a bookbinder works on a book in his workshop in Marseille, France, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Jean-Paul Pelissier 

Maite Gomez Carabias bookbinds with leather at Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Chon Gonzalez Cabezas prepares to engrave a book at Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Chon Gonzalez Cabezas wraps newly bound books at Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Maite Gomez Carabias cuts paper at Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Maite Gomez Carabias operates a press at Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Chon Gonzalez Cabezas prepares brass types to engrave a book at Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Chon Gonzalez Cabezas prepares to engrave a book at Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Maite Gomez Carabias sews a book at Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Maite Gomez Carabias prepares to saw a book at Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Maite Gomez Carabias works on unbinding a book at Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Brass types are stocked inside Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Old books are piled inside Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Brass gilding stamps are stocked inside Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Wooden press plates are stocked inside Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

Maite Gomez Carabias sews a book at Calero's artisan bookbinding and book restoration workshop in Madrid, Spain, September 12, 2018. REUTERS/Susana Vera 

A boy carries books in a bookbinding factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

Bangladeshi labourers work in a bookbinding factory in Dhaka, Bangladesh August 10, 2017. REUTERS/Mohammad Ponir Hossain 

U.S. DEPUTY UNDER SECRETARY OF DEFENCE FOR POLICY SUPPORT PETER VERGA ARRIVES IN BEIJING FOR SPY PLANE TALKS.


Peter Verga (C), Deputy Under Secretary of Defence for Policy Support, is escorted by spokesman Joe Bookbinder (L) of the U.S. Embassy in Beijing upon the arrival of a U.S. delegation at the Beijing International Airport April 17, 2001. The Department of Defence team arrived in the Chinese capital on Tuesday for talks on the U.S. spy plane incident which promise to be testy at best as each side blames the other for the mid-air collision which set off an 11-day diplomatic stand-off.