RAMALLAH: Palestine on Friday welcomed Washington’s announcement that it will continue providing aid to the West Bank and Gaza Strip. Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh described the US move as an important step in the right direction towards restructuring the US-Palestine relations.
Washington's decision "is an important step in the right direction to reshape the (Palestinian) relationship with the US government, which stopped during Trump's term in the White House," Ishtaye said in a statement on Friday.
The aid was halted during the administration of former US President Donald Trump “due to his stances on the Palestinian issue” which, he said in a statement, were “contrary to international legitimacy decisions.”
Stressing that US President Joe Biden is restoring assistance programs for economic development and humanitarian aid for Palestinians, she said the US announced $15 million in humanitarian support to the most vulnerable communities in the West Bank and Gaza.
On March 25, US' Permanent Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield announced that Washington was resuming assistance programs to the Palestinian people, starting with a USD15 million grant allocated to the most vulnerable communities in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip.
Greenfield also said the administration of President Joe Biden will be taking "steps to reopen diplomatic channels of communication that were halted during the last administration".
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