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Qatar’s foreign minister underscored the humanitarian nature of the aid.
Qatar and Egypt have signed agreements “to supply fuel and basic building materials for the Gaza Strip,” Qatar’s Foreign Ministry said on Wednesday.
Qatar’s Foreign Minister Sultan bin Saad Al Muraikhi made the announcement during a speech at the ministerial meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for Coordination of International Aid to the Palestinian People (AHLC), held in Oslo, Norway.
He underscored the humanitarian nature of the aid, “stressing that these joint cooperative efforts would contribute to improve living conditions,” according to a Qatari government press statement.
Qatar and Egypt have pledged $500 million toward Gaza’s reconstruction, according to the Reuters.
In his speech to the AHLC, Al Muraikhi touted Qatar’s past efforts “to improve the humanitarian, economic, and development situation of the Palestinian people.”
Caption: A Palestinian truck stands on a truck loaded with bags of cement after entering the southern Gaza Strip from Israel through the Kerem Shalom crossing in Rafah on May 23, 2016.
Photo by Abed Rahim Khatib/ Flash90.
