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| Hamas hails Egyptian gas supply to Gaza |
| 2008-05-29 |
| (Xinhua) -- The government of the Islamic Hamas movement in Gaza welcomed on Wednesday a proposal for supplying Gaza Strip main power plant with Egyptian gas. The Egyptian MENA news agency has earlier reported that Egyptian Minister of Petroleum Amin Sameh Samir Fahmi said Egypt would supply gas to the Palestinian Gaza power plant. Fahmi said that Egypt will supply the Palestinian people with all their needs of petro-products and adopt an all-out program to supply Gaza power station with Egyptian gas in a bid to ease the suffering of the Palestinian people. Zeyad al-Zaza, minister of national economy in Hamas-ruled government told reporters in a statement that his government is ready to offer all needed facilities "in order to allow Egyptian fuels into the besieged Gaza Strip." MENA reported that Fahmi's remarks were made at a meeting with visiting head of the Palestinian energy and natural resources department Omar Kattana, and chief of the petroleum authorities Mujahid Salam in Cairo on Tuesday. "We hope that the decision would be implemented soon due to the bad need of the Gaza Strip to gas and fuel," al-Zaza said. "We are looking forward to liberating our economy and linking it directly with the Arab economy through Egypt." After Hamas movement took control of the Gaza Strip last June, Israel termed Gaza as a hostile entity and imposed a tight blockade on the enclave, where all crossing points with Israel were closed down. Due to the increase of homemade rocket attacks carried out by Gaza militants on Israel, the Israeli army reduced 70 percent of the shipment of industrial fuel, diesel, benzene and cooking gas into Gaza. "We wish that Egyptian gas and fuel will be allowed today through Rafah border crossing," said al-Zaza, adding that "We are ready to receive any quantity soon." |
| Posted by:Fred |