13 Ιανουαρίου 2010

50 European MPs to Visit Gaza

The largest Parliamentarian Delegation from across Europe leaves for the besieged Gaza Strip on Friday, aiming at appraising the humanitarian conditions in the besieged Gaza Strip, much worsened after Israel 's latest assault and the suffocating siege.
In a press statement, The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza (ECESG) said it had fully coordinated with the Egyptian Foreign Ministry on access issue—that the delegation will be permitted to cross into Gaza through Rafah crossing.
The delegation, consisting of 50 MPs, has begun to prepare for departure to Cairo and then to the Gaza Strip. The members, representing 12 European countries as well as members of the European Parliament, former ministers, will present all post-war effects and the devastating impact of the siege to their parliaments and peoples.
The delegation has been said to meet with Egyptian officials and the Secretary-General of the Arab League, Amr Moussa, to discuss the humanitarian conditions in the Gaza Strip-- especially in light of the ongoing siege, which Israel has been imposing for 4 years running.
The European Campaign to End the Siege on Gaza organized various Parliamentarian delegations that visited Gaza however this one is considered to be the largest delegation to visit Gaza.
According to ECESG, the main purpose of this visit is to update the representatives of the European countries on the catastrophic circumstances in which 1.5 million Palestinians live in the Gaza Strip.

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