RAMALLAH
United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Ban Ki Moon and Palestine Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah signed an agreement to support 19 organizations in Palestine financially.
Ban said in a press statement that the aid of $1.2 billion would be given in further five years and is to be used in development programs and personal initiatives.
Describing Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas and Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu as "two wrestlers" for their willingness to restart peace negotiations, Ban said the only solution in Israel-Palestine problem was forming a Palestine government nearby Israel.
Ban had arrived in Palestine on Thursday to aid Israeli-Palestinian negotiations.
He is expected to visit Israel after Ramallah.
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