Ma'an News Agency
July 11, 2011 - 12:00am
http://www.maannews.net/eng/ViewDetails.aspx?ID=403936


RAMALLAH (Ma'an) -- Prime Minister in Ramallah Salam Fayyad said Sunday the Palestinian Authority aimed to protect the Palestinian homeland from Israel's settlement project.

Speaking at an event welcoming a Jordanian parliamentary delegation in Ramallah, Fayyad praised a Jordanian initiative to visit Palestine and learn more about life under occupation.

Fayyad briefed the delegation on the PA's efforts to achieve statehood and thanked the visitors for their cooperation and coordination between Amman and the Palestinian government.

The event was attended by president of the Palestine committee in the Jordanian parliament Yahya Al-Saud, members of his committee, and Jordanian envoy to the PA Awwad Al-Serhan.




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