Brussels, 09/02/2009 (Agence Europe) - A visit by a delegation of MEPs, consisting of a seven member delegation for relations with the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), will be made to the West Bank and Gaza Strip on 10-13 February to hold meetings with PLC members. The delegation will report back on progress made in the inter-Palestinian reconciliation process. A meeting has been planned with the prime minister of the Palestinian Authority, Salam Fayadh, on 11 February. The delegation will visit Gaza the following day for a “field visit” to the United Nations Relief Works Agency for Palestinian Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA). This visit will be headed by Kyriacos Triantaphyllides (GUE/NGL, CY), the president of the EP/PLC delegation. It will consist of: Proinsias De Rossa (PES, Ireland), Luisa Morgantini (GUE/NGL, Italy), Frederika Brepoels (EPP-ED, Belgium), Jill Evans (Greens/EFA, United Kingdom), Jamila Madeira (PES, Portugal) and Chris Davies (ALDE, United Kingdom). The visit's exclusive mandate appears to be to observe the humanitarian situation. No contact with Hamas has been announced. Jamila Medeir affirmed in a recent interview to the Medafrique-info online bulletin that she regretted the “EU's attitude to avoid dialogue with Hamas, after the latter's political victory in the Palestinian elections”, which she described as “a mistake” for not having respected the results of these elections. She added that it is “crucial to demonstrate that the European Union can bring credible political solutions and not just financial contributions”. Everyone expects this of the Union, she said, stressing that Europe had to recover its credibility and that “it is important in the current context to show our commitment to helping provide a rapid solution to problems. This commitment must be global and involves the whole of the 'occupied territories', including the Gaza Strip”. (F.B./transl./rh)