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I have received in my office today, Singapore’s representative to the PA, H.E. Mr Hawazi Bin Daipi. It was a positive and fruitful meeting, I commended the relations between our two countries, and thanked our friends for their continuous support to the PA and for their efforts in the capacity building through their Enhanced Technical Assistance Programme (ETAP), and wished them further developement, progress and prosperity. We discussed...
I met HE the Irish Representative, Mr. Don Sexton, in my office this Wednesday. Mr. Sexton conveyed his condolences, representing the Irish Republic, to the killing of 62 Palestinians since the beginning of this year, and he offered his condolences for the killing of the martyr journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. We discussed several issues, beginning with the financial crisis in Palestine in light of the global economic crisis,...
Hussein Al-Sheikh, the Secretary-General of the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), dismissed today false reports regarding the health condition of President Mahmoud Abbas. “Reports circulated by the yellow press regarding the health condition of Mr. President Mahmoud Abbas are false,” said Al-Sheikh in a tweet. Al-Sheikh described these reports “are aimed at destabilizing the internal Palestinian situation,” adding that the President was “in good condition and doing his work...
President Mahmoud Abbas today named Hussein Al-Sheikh secretary-general of the Palestine Liberation Organization’s (PLO) Executive Committee. Al-Sheikh has served as the Minister of Civil Affairs and member of Fatah Central Committee. The position was previously held by Saeb Erekat, the chief Palestinian negotiator, and had remained vacant since his death of COVID-19 in November 2020.
The Member of the Executive Committee of the Palestinian Liberation Organization, Minister Hussein al-Sheikh, met with Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and his deputy, Mr. Mikhail Bogdanov. During the talks, which took place today, Tuesday, in the Russian capital, Moscow, the two parties exchanged views on the current situation in the Middle East, with a focus on the prospects for a Palestinian-Israeli settlement. They also raised prospects of...