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Algeria give PA treasury $26m

January 11, 2016 at 2:38 pm

Algerian Ambassador to the Arab League Nazir Al-Arbaoui gave the Head of the Arab League Nabil Al-Arabi a cheque for $26 million as a contribution to the Palestinian Authority’s budget, Al-Resalah newspaper reported.

Al- Arbaoui said this is Algeria’s contribution towards the Arab League’s annual support for the PA’s budget.

A statement issued by the Algerian embassy in Cairo said that by handing over the cheque, Algeria has “completely fulfilled its pledges to support the resistance of the Palestinian people.”

It also said that this donation expresses the “continuous” Algerian support for achieving the legal Palestinian goal which is the establishment of a Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.