France donates €8 million to PA budget

“Yesterday [Aug. 17, 2014] [PA] Minister of Finance Shukri Bishara and French Consul General Hervé Magro signed an 8 million euro aid [package] for the [Palestinian] budget. Minister Bishara expressed his sincere gratitude to the French government… Consul Magro thanked the State of Palestine for its efforts to manage public funds with transparency and professionalism. He expressed the unending support of the French people and French government for the State of Palestine.”