President Abbas to visit the city of Bethlehem and inspected the restoration work in the Church of the Nativity

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President Abbas to visit the city of Bethlehem and inspected the restoration work in the Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem - from Najib Farrag - President Mahmoud Abbas to the city of Bethlehem this afternoon to visit and described Balaotaiadip. He began his visit to inspect the Church of the Nativity, in particular the restoration work and listened to a detailed explanation by an official of the Presidential Commission for Christian affairs Engineer Ziad Bandak.President Abbas expressed his happiness to begin the process of restoration of the church, the religious teacher, humanitarian, Christian, and expressed the determination of the Palestinian Authority to continue this work and completed in a timely manner.In statements he made to him from inside the church, "he got there new interactions, but the result was the agreement between the churches that the national authority in this work, and maintain the church and this great religious heritage, we respect all."The President was accompanied by a number of officials, including Secretary General of the Presidency Tayeb Abdel Rahim, and the Presidency Spokesperson Nabil Abu Rdainah.It is scheduled to visit the president also a number of institutions and various facilities, including economic and meet some of the activities of the province.

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Tantawi meets with Palestinian President

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