Wednesday, August 6, 2014

Venezuela Aids Gaza War Victims

Caracas, Aug 06. AVN.- Venezuela sent 16 tons of humanitarian aid to the Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip, the Foreign Minister, Elias Jaua. 

During a press conference in Cairo, Egypt, transmitted by Telesur, Jaua explained that the total tonnage six were collected by the Venezuelan people, while the remaining 10 are provided by the Bolivarian Government. 

"To date, it has collected six tons of medical-surgical supplies, nonperishable food and blankets to be sent in the coming days to the Palestinian people," he said. 

On Wednesday Chancellor Jaua came to Egypt to coordinate support offered by the Government of Venezuela to the Palestinian people, submitted by the unleashed aggression in the Gaza Strip with balance, until now, nearly two thousand dead and more than nine thousand injured. 

The purpose of this visit is part of the task entrusted by the President of the Republic, Nicolas Maduro, in announcing the construction of shelter houses Hugo Chavez to welcome children who have suffered the loss of their parents, after the bombing of Israel's army against the Arab country. 

In that sense, Jaua Chancellor said that the Venezuelan government is working according to accelerating progress for the construction of shelter houses, and mentioned that President Maduro has logistical equipment at sites where these houses are arranged.

Palestinian children arrive in Venezuela once agreed international protocols, through the United Nations Fund for Children (UNICEF, for its acronym in English). 

"We hope to meet with the Venezuelan people love to children victims of this senseless war," he said.

Jaua said the idea, at first, is temporarily harboring these Palestinian children orphaned, so "because our hope is that these children can return to a free and independent Palestinian peace."

To that end, he said that next week the Foreign Minister of the State of Palestine, Riad Malki, come to Caracas to make arrangements, all within the provisions of the International Convention on the Rights of Children. 

Malki's visit to Venezuela will be specifically for inspections to be located where the houses are.

October: Meeting delegations of Venezuela and Egypt

In October next, delegations from Venezuela and Egypt will meet in Caracas to further increase bilateral cooperation in areas such as energy, agriculture and tourism, the Chancellor Jaua advancement.

"We have agreed to advance the growth of our bilateral cooperation. To do this, we will wait in Caracas, in the month of October, a government and business delegation to work on issues of energy cooperation, agricultural and tourism exchange. We have offered, on behalf of our President Nicolas Maduro, our sincere friendship to the government of President Abdel Fatah Al Sisi and the people of Egypt, "he said.

The number of people killed by Israel in Gaza exceeds 1,850 and the number of wounded increased to over 9,400.

Since Israel's attacks on Gaza were restarted on July 7 last, hundreds of  homes, schools, shelters and factories have been destroyed.

Israel's position and the constant attacks on Palestine have been condemned by the Non-Aligned Movement, the Group of 77 and China (G77 + China), the United Nations (UN) and the world. 

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