Govt to contribute $50,000 for Al-Quds, Al-Sharif development

Foreign Minister Dipu Moni yesterday pledged a token contribution of US$ 50,000 from the Bangladeshi government to finance the Strategic Plan for Development of Al-Quds and Al-Sharif of Palestine.
The foreign minister made this announcement during her participation in the OIC Foreign Ministers' “Donor Conference on Strategic Plan for Development of Al-Quds and Al-Sharif” and “Conference on Establishing an Islamic Financial Safety Net in support of the State of Palestine” held in Azerbaijan.
In her statement, she reiterated Bangladesh's unstinting support for a fully sovereign Palestinian state within the pre-1967 borders with Al-Quds (East Jerusalem) as its capital, said a press release.
The 12th OIC Summit held in Egypt on February 6 and 7, 2013 had adopted the Strategic Plan for Development of Al-Quds and Al-Sharif which anticipates development of 12 sectors in the occupied East Jerusalem and called for a donor conference to finance implementation of the plan.