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PLO, FRANCE TO JOINTLY REPAIR ROOF OF HOLY SEPULCHER
Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)
October 17, 2012 Wednesday
RAMALLAH, October 17, 2012 (WAFA) - The Palestine Liberation
Organization and France Wednesday signed an agreement to repair the
roof of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City.
The 200,000 euors agreement was signed in the Muqata and in the
presence of President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian and French
officials.
A presidential committee established on December 15, 2008 a special
fund to repair the roof of the Holy Sepulcher in cooperation with
the three Christian denominations that control the church - the Greek
Orthodox, the Custodian of the Holy Land, and the Armenian Orthodox
church. The Palestinian Authority contributed US$1 million to the
fund and the private sector contributed $450,000.
The French Consul General in Jerusalem, Frederic Desagneaux, who
signed the agreement on behalf of his government, praised efforts by
the PA to preserve Christian holy sites and heritage.
He said a special fund has been set up in France to collect donations
from various French institutions to repair the Holy Sepulcher.
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=20881
Palestine News & Information Agency (WAFA)
October 17, 2012 Wednesday
RAMALLAH, October 17, 2012 (WAFA) - The Palestine Liberation
Organization and France Wednesday signed an agreement to repair the
roof of the Holy Sepulcher in Jerusalem's Old City.
The 200,000 euors agreement was signed in the Muqata and in the
presence of President Mahmoud Abbas and Palestinian and French
officials.
A presidential committee established on December 15, 2008 a special
fund to repair the roof of the Holy Sepulcher in cooperation with
the three Christian denominations that control the church - the Greek
Orthodox, the Custodian of the Holy Land, and the Armenian Orthodox
church. The Palestinian Authority contributed US$1 million to the
fund and the private sector contributed $450,000.
The French Consul General in Jerusalem, Frederic Desagneaux, who
signed the agreement on behalf of his government, praised efforts by
the PA to preserve Christian holy sites and heritage.
He said a special fund has been set up in France to collect donations
from various French institutions to repair the Holy Sepulcher.
http://english.wafa.ps/index.php?action=detail&id=20881