Global donors have pledged a sum of $5.4bn in aid to reconstruct the Gaza Strip amid warnings that the battered Palestinian enclave remained a tinderbox following its summer war with Israel. The participants pledged approximately $5.4bn, Norwegian foreign minister, Boerge Brende, said during the closing statement at the Cairo conference which Norway co-hosted. The pledged amount surpasses the $4bn which Palestinians had asked for during the conference to reconstruct the enclave, after the 50-day Israeli assault on it in July and August. Qatari Foreign Minister Khalid al-Attiyah, who is in the Egyptian capital for the conference, announced his country was pledging $1bn in aid to the besieged strip. Washington promised $212 million to meet what Secretary of State John Kerry described as an enormous challenge in Gaza. European Union member states will contribute a total of $570 million to Gaza, the blocs foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton said. Germany pledged $63 million and Norway about $13 million. aljazeera/news/middleeast/2014/10/donors-pledge-cash-gaza-reconstruction-2014101212584558621.html
Posted on: Sun, 12 Oct 2014 20:48:23 +0000
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