France to support Palestinian agriculture in West Bank areas under Israeli control

The Palestinian government and the French Development Agency signed agreements that will support the development of agriculture and water networks in Area C.
A picture taken on February 27, 2018 shows a view of the mobile and temporary dwellings of Palestinian families living near the Israeli settlement of Susya, which have been warned to evacuate due to being in the so-called "Area C" in the occupied West Bank near Yatta south of the city of Hebron. / AFP PHOTO / HAZEM BADER (Photo credit should read HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images)
A picture shows a view of the mobile and temporary dwellings of Palestinian families living near the Israeli settlement of Susya, which have been warned to evacuate due to being in Area C in the occupied West Bank, Feb. 27, 2018. - HAZEM BADER/AFP via Getty Images
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GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip — The Palestinian government and the French Development Agency (AFD), a representative of the French government, signed two agreements worth 20 million euros (about $22 million) to support agricultural development and the water sector in Palestinian communities in the portion of the West Bank under Israeli civil and security control, known as Area C.

After the agreements were signed Dec. 5 in Prime Minister Mohammed Shtayyeh’s office in Ramallah, he said, “France's support for a number of communities and villages in Area C is at the heart of the government's work strategy aimed at stabilizing these areas as an integral part of the Palestinian territories,” the Palestinian official news agency Wafa reported. 

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