PRAGUE (AFP) — The Czech cabinet said it had decided Friday to earmark a further 10 million koruna (350,000 euros, 440,000 dollars) for humanitarian aid to people in the besieged Gaza Strip.
The Czech Republic, which holds the European Union presidency, wants to take "a strong part in efficient humanitarian aid to Gaza, which has been afflicted by an extensive humanitarian crisis after the armed conflict in January," the cabinet said.
The government, which already granted aid worth 175,000 euros to Gaza in January via the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA), will decide on the specific form of aid after a donor conference scheduled to take place in Cairo on March 2.
The situation in Gaza will be one of the main topics for conversation at talks with Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas, who will meet Czech President Vaclav Klaus and parliament speaker Miloslav Vlcek in Prague on Monday, according to an official programme.
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