RAMALLAH, West Bank — While the United States continues to freeze its financial aid to the Palestinian Authority (PA) for refusing President Donald Trump’s decision to move the US Embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem and his "deal of the century," the PA is boosting its relations with other countries. Its aim is to mobilize for a political role far from the US sponsorship of the peace process and to develop economic relations with these countries and ensure their support.
The joint ministerial French-Palestinian committee meeting took place Dec. 8 in Paris. During the one-day meetings, spearheaded by Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah and his French counterpart Edouard Philippe, 10 agreements were signed in the fields of civil defense and security, agriculture and nutrition, higher education, technical and professional education, local governance, budget support, water and the environment, and development of the private sector.
