Friday, 16 June 2006The European Union says it is close to agreeing a deal with its Middle East Quartet partners - the UN, the US and Russia - on Palestinian aid.
The European Commission, the EU's executive, has been drawing up plans for a funding mechanism.
This would aim to channel aid to needy Palestinians while bypassing the Hamas-led government.
The militant group is deemed a terrorist organisation by both the EU and the US.
EU External Affairs Commissioner Benita Ferrero-Waldner said: "We are very close to an agreement."
BBC News
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