RAMALLAH [MENL] -- The European Union has maintained financial support for
the Palestinian Authority amid the Israeli siege of chairman Yasser Arafat.The EU plans to send 50 million euros to Arafat over the coming weeks to
pay his security officers and meet other salary obligations by the PA.
Officials said Arafat will have discretion over the EU funding, which will
be paid in monthly installments 10 million euros until July.Earlier this week, the European Commission approved, the continuation of
what officials termed direct budgetary assistance to the PA. They said the
assistance is meant to pay salaries to PA employees, particularly in the
areas of education and health.
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