Ramallah – Together – The Governor of Ramallah and Al-Bireh, Dr. Leila Ghannam, and the Prime Minister of the Belgian Capital Region, ‘Brussels,’ Rudi Vervoort, signed a comprehensive partnership and bilateral cooperation agreement, with the aim of developing ties and relations between the two countries, and promoting economic, social, health, scientific, and environmental development between the Ramallah Governorate. Beer and the Brussels Region.
The agreement was signed today, Tuesday, via videoconferencing technology in the presence of the Minister of State and Responsible for Urban Planning, Heritage, and European and International Relations in Brussels, Anse Persons, the Deputy Belgian Consul General in Jerusalem, Lynne Verstarlen, the Director of the Western Europe Department at the Palestinian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates, Ihab Tari, and a delegation from the Ministry.
Governor Dr. Leila Ghannam emphasized in her speech that our people are determined to persevere, build and develop de
spite the war of genocide and ethnic cleansing that is affecting everything Palestinian, hoping that the agreement will begin by working together to stop the war of genocide and the waterfall of blood flowing from our children, women and elderly.
Ghanem expressed our people’s appreciation for Belgium’s position rejecting the war and calling for it to stop immediately, thanking the government of Belgium and Brussels for their humanitarian role and speaking the word of truth, calling on European countries to follow Belgium’s example by siding with the values ??of democracy, justice, and international humanitarian law, and not to be affiliated with those who side with the occupying state.
She pointed out that the Prime Minister of Brussels was supposed to visit Palestine last November to sign the agreement, and the difficult circumstances and the escalation of the genocide war prevented the visit from being completed, but at the insistence of both parties, the signing took place today through video communicati
on technology, stressing its importance in promoting development and exchanging experiences and heritage. Cultural relations between the two countries and the two peoples.
In turn, Vervoort stressed his country’s position rejecting the war in Gaza and calling for it to stop immediately, expressing Brussels’ concern about the violence to which the Palestinian people are exposed by settlers in the West Bank, noting that his country continues to provide humanitarian and relief support to the Palestinian people, stressing the importance of the agreement. In consolidating the historical ties of friendship between the Palestinian and Belgian peoples, and strengthening the ties between the regions and institutions in both countries.
For its part, Anse Pearsons indicated that Brussels will provide all possible support and assistance to the Ramallah and Al-Bireh Governorate under the agreement, which focuses on the areas of development, exchange of information, artistic, technical and administrative knowledge, the v
alues ??of democracy, human dignity, human rights, solidarity, and the establishment of projects and conducting research in the aforementioned areas that It will benefit the residents of both countries.
Source: Maan News Agency