The Palestinian Authority finance minister said Monday it was too early to set a date for the payment of October's government salaries.

The donation of $42 million from the UAE, announced Sunday, will help the PA with payments, but it has many financial obligations alongside public sector salaries, Nabil Qassis told Ma'an.

He said the funding gap to pay monthly salaries remains considerable, but the government will try to provide information on salary payments as soon as possible.

Public sector workers have staged a series of strikes in recent weeks to protest the late and partial payment of their salaries. 

The PA says a decrease in foreign assistance and falling domestic revenues have caused the current financial crisis. It fears more sanctions after President Mahmoud Abbas submits his bid for a UN membership upgrade in the coming month.