(Xinhua) -- Visiting Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haneya announced on Wednesday that the Sudanese government had promised to provide 10 million U.S. dollars as an immediate assistance to the Palestinian government. Learning from the Saoodis how to spread the new oil money around ...
Haneya said at a press conference held at the end of his three-day visit in Sudan that this sum would be helpful to break the blockade imposed on the Palestinian people. Highly praising Sudan's position, the Palestinian prime minister said, "Sudan always takes practical steps and adopts direct decisions to support the Palestinian cause."
Commenting on the Darfur issue, Haneya expressed hopes that Sudan would remain united in spite of the international pressures, referring to the difference between Khartoum and the UN on the deployment of international peacekeepers in the war-torn western region. Haneya noted that during the visit, the Sudanese leaders briefed him the situation in Darfur and he had been impressed that public media in western countries had contributed to distorting the picture of realities.
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Haneya arrived in Khartoum on Monday to continue his first tour abroad since he took office in March, which has taken him to Egypt, Qatar, Bahrain, Syria and Iran. Describing the tour as successful, Haneya said it had realized all the expected purposes and his delegation had found very positive response from leaders of these countries who had stressed their material, political and moral support for the breaking of the blockade imposed on the Palestinian people.