On Monday, Palestine’s government announced its agreement with the European Union to sign an aid package agreement for Palestine worth about $300 million.
A government statement said the agreement includes support for the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees (UNRWA), support for social assistance to poor families, and infrastructure projects in the Palestinian territories.
The statement added that the agreement was reached on the sidelines of the meeting of Palestinian Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh, with the foreign ministers of the EU, during which he hosted the meeting that was held today at the Union's headquarters in the Belgian capital, Brussels.
According to the statement, Shtayyeh highlighted Europe's support for the Palestinian Authority politically and financially, hoping that the West would lead a political effort to "fill the political vacuum, in which everyone would participate."
He called for building on the Arab Peace Initiative in order to end the conflict in the region, and recognize the State of Palestine on the borders of June 4, 1967, to protect the two-state solution, "which Israel is systematically destroying with its measures."
The prime minister also urged a review of the partnership and cooperation agreements between the EU and Israel and linking them to the extent of their respect for the two-state solution, ending the occupation, and respecting human rights.
On the other hand, Shtayyeh called on the European missions in Palestine to "play a monitoring role over the crimes of the occupation and the violations committed by the army and settlers against our people, through their presence in the seam zones."
According to the statement, Shtayyeh discussed the EU’s role in holding the Palestinian general elections, which have not been held since 2005.
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