An agreement was signed here today by the UNESCO representative and Palestinian universities represnetatives to deliver to them the Saudi grant presented by the Saudi Committee for the Relief of the Palestinian People for Palestinian students. Informed Palestinian sources said Basheer Lasin, Director of the project at the UNESCO and a number of Palestinian universities' directors signed the agreement. The Saudi grant provides $2 million for Palestinian universities to help them overcome the difficulties resulting from the Israeli siege and closure of the Palestinian territories. The Saudi Committee for the Relief of the Palestinian People, headed by Prince Naif bin Abdualziz, the Minister of Interior, has implemented more than 35 programs to assist the Palestinian people at a cost of around SR730 million.
