Tony Blair to visit The Gaza Strip on Tuesday

Monday July 14, 2008 16:18 by Rula Shahwan - IMEMC News

Palestinian sources reported that the former British Prime Minister Tony Blair and the envoy of the International Quartet Committee for peace in the Middle East will visit the Gaza Strip on Tuesday.

Tony Blair

Official sources reported that the former British Prime Minister tony Blair will have a tour around the schools of the United Nations Agency for Relief and employing the Palestinian refugees UNRWA in Northern the Gaza Strip and will meet with the manager of the UNRWA operations in the district John Jing and other Palestinian independent figures.

Official sources pointed out that Blair will reopen the next phase in the sewage project in Beit Lahia City in the northern Gaza Strip during his 3 hours duration visit.

It should be noted that this is the first visit for a high standard foreign official to The Gaza Strip since the Hamas movement took over the situations in the Gaza Strip since last June.

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