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Haniyeh urges Egypt to open Rafah crossing round the clock
Haniyeh urges Egypt to open Rafah crossing
round the clock
Palestinian
Information Centre
11/07/2012
RAFAH, (PIC)-- Gaza premier Ismail Haniyeh has called on Cairo to open the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and Gaza round-the-clock.
Haniyeh, who was inaugurating the first stage of upgrading the terminal, said, “We are looking forward to turning a new page in the Egyptian-Palestinian relations”.
He called for increasing the number of passengers and for the establishment of a free trade zone on the crossing.
The premier proposed to Cairo turning the crossing into an open gate for commercial, industrial, and agricultural traffic between Gaza and Egypt.
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