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2019-01-23

MoFP rejects participating in “Davos” because of pending accountability that Israel would not resolve

Ramallah - Palestine Economy Portal

The Ministry of Finance and Planning’s speaker, Abdelrahman Bayatna, said that the ministry asked the Israeli side throughout the past weeks to resolve some of the pending files.

These files relate to the process of accounting with the Israeli side, along with the commissions on tax revenue funds which are the right of the Palestinian people in preparation for any meetings in international forums was sought by the Israeli side to arrange.

Bayatna assured, in a statement issued by the Ministry on Tuesday, that: “in order to avoid misleading the Palestinian public opinion by a number of Israeli Media concerning the participation of MoFP in Davos World Economic Conference, the ministry considered that there was no benefit or feasibility at the moment to respond to the Israeli demand.”

He noted that the Israeli side didn’t show any positive sign regarding finding solutions to any of these pending issues.