Strasbourg, 17/05/2006 (Agence Europe) - The European Commissioner for External Relations, Benita Ferrero-Waldner, who met the President of the Palestinian Authority Mahmoud Abbas in Strasbourg, informed the press on Wednesday that she hoped that the new mechanism for providing direct aid to the Palestinians would be in place by the end of June but admitted that the operation was complicated and did not simply involve “opening up a new bank account” (EUROPE 9193 on Mr Abbas' speech).
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