The Spanish government did not agree with the European Commission’s (EC) decision to suspend financial aid to Palestine due to Hamas’ attacks against Israel. writes about this TASS Citing sources in the country’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The agency’s interlocutors said, “European Commissioner Oliver Varhelli’s decision to suspend the EU’s cooperation with Palestine caused dissatisfaction in the Spanish government.”
According to them, Acting Minister of Foreign Affairs Jose Manuel Albarez, during a telephone conversation with the European Commissioner, expressed his disagreement with the decision to suspend funding.
As TASS wrote, foreign ministers of the European Union countries were “not aware” of the initiative of the European Commission.
Oliver Varhelli, formerly European Commissioner for Enlargement and Neighborhood Affairs statedHe said the EU had suspended all payments to Palestinians and was reviewing joint projects due to the escalation of conflict with Israel.
He said the “scale of terror and brutality” against Israel and its people had reached a turning point. The European Commission, the largest donor to the Palestinians, is reviewing a number of development projects worth more than €691 million, the European Commissioner said.
Previously Germany suspended funding for Palestinian development projects.