RAMALLAH,
June 23, 2013 (WAFA) – President Mahmoud Abbas Sunday received the
Commissioner-General of UNRWA, Filippo Grandi, at the presidential headquarters
in Ramallah, where they discussed the agency’s work for the refugees.
Abbas
called on Grandi to intensify work to help the Palestinian refugees in Syria
due to the ongoing conflict.
In
return, Grandi briefed Abbas on the agency’s work to help the Palestinian
refugees whether in Syria or abroad and to ease their suffering.
They
exchanged suggestions on how to mobilize on the United Nations or the Arab
League’s level in order to speed providing the necessary humanitarian supplies.
M.H./F.R.
