Shtayyeh calls on France to play a leading role in providing international protection for development in Palestine

05/12/2019

Shtayyeh calls on France to play a leading role in providing international protection for development in Palestine

Prime Minister Dr. Muhammad Shtayyeh: "While we demand international protection for our people, we call on France to play a leading role in providing international protection for development in Palestine, because Israel is destroying the development effort that France and the rest of the international community are doing here."

Shtayyeh added: "In light of the attempt by some to link the funding to our political concessions, French aid is helping in building our institutions toward an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital."

This came during his speech at the celebration of the 20th anniversary of the start of the work of the French Development Agency in Palestine, today, Thursday, in Ramallah, in the presence of the French Consul General, Rene Trukaz, and the Director General of the French Agency for Development in Palestine, Catherine Bonoud, and a number of official and legal personalities.

Shtayyeh added, "The work of the French Development Agency is characterized by partnership in defining projects and permanent discussion between us, and the compatibility of most of these projects with national priorities, and their programs for this year intersect with the priorities set by the government, based on the strategy of clusters."

The Prime Minister continued: "You were the first to help us with some of these projects, especially in Jerusalem, which we announced about the Capital Cluster, and we thank France for all the support it provided during the past years."

Shtayyeh added: "The French Development Agency provides support to various sectors: government, the private sector and civil society, in water, education, energy, renewable energy, sanitation, in industrial areas, agriculture, and industry; we are grateful that your assistance is not one-way, but covers all Sectors, and Palestinian society is grateful for what you offer. "

 

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