Translated by Sabrin Qadah 

Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah said exports development is a national collective responsibility that rests with the public and private sectors because of its importance in enhancing our capabilities and self-coping.

This came in his speech in Palestinian exporter Prize for 2016, in the city of Ramallah on Monday, in the presence of minister of national economy Abeer Odeh, Agriculture Minister Sufian Sultan, Minister of Tourism Rola Ma’ayah, Chairman of the Board of Directors "PalTrade" Ibrahim Barham, CEO of PADICO Samir Haleeleh, and a number of representatives of the private sector, exporters of Palestine and official figures.

The Prime Minister added that this vital economic efficiency is one of the important tools for the development of national exports and the pushing the economic wheel.

alhamdallah stressed that the occupation is still putting obstacles to the growth and development of our economy through the continuation of the suffocating siege on the Gaza Strip, occupied Jerusalem, the Jordan Valley and other areas classified (c) In addition to deliberately converting our provinces into cantons and hindering the evolution of the economy.

He also added that our exports are developing as Palestine exports to more than 70 countries. Our exports have achieved a qualitative leap and the volume of exports tripled than it was ten years ago.