Press Release: HR/VP Ashton and Palestinian PM Fayyad sign agreements worth €35 million to improve the living conditions of the Palestinian people

High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy/Vice President of the Commission Catherine Ashton signed, on behalf of the European Union, two Financing Agreements with Prime Minister Fayyad for a total value of €35 million.

This funding will enable the building of a medium-scale wastewater treatment plant in Tubas Tayasir areas in the West Bank (€22 million) and the upgrading of border crossing infrastructure at the Karem Abu Salem/Kerem Shalom crossing point (€13million), which is currently the only functioning goods crossing point in the Gaza Strip.

European Commission: Speech/12/199: Catherine Ashton: Speech at the high-level conference Engaging youth—Palestine Refugees in the changing Middle East http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=SPEECH/12/199&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en

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