UAE | Government

Palestine budget: UAE donates $50m

President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the transfer of $50 million to the Palestinian national budget, as pledged by the UAE during the International Donors Conference, held in Paris in December.

  • WAM
  • Published: 00:30 February 29, 2008
  • Gulf News

Abu Dhabi: President His Highness Shaikh Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan has ordered the transfer of $50 million to the Palestinian national budget, as pledged by the UAE during the International Donors Conference, held in Paris in December.

Shaikh Khalifa also directed the authorities to allocate $250 million to finance several projects in the Palestinian territories.

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