Kuwait to Provide USD 4 Million for Palestine

The Palestinian Minister of Public Works and Housing Mufid al-Hasaynah – PIC photo.

 
Gaza, 14 Ramadan 1438/9 June 2017 (MINA) – The State of Kuwait has agreed to provide USD four million to the Palestinian authority for supporting the industrial and agricultural sectors, said Minister Public Works Mufid Al-Hasaynah on Thursday.

The minister, in a statement broadcast by the official Palestinian news agency, WAFA, said it had been agreed upon to allocate USD four million for the Palestinian authority as part of the Kuwaiti grant to rebuild Gaza, divided into USD 3.5 million in support of industrial installations, in addition to USD half million that would be disbursed for the agricultural sector.

He indicated that the new installment would be disbursed as soon as possible.

The assistance is part of the USD 200 million grant, declared at the donors’ conference in Cairo in 2014. (T/RS5/RS1)

Mi’raj Islamic News Agency (MINA)