Vadovin describes seens in Jenin as a humanitarian catastrophe
Palestine-Russia, Politics, 4/22/2002

The special envoy of the Russian foreign ministry to the middle East Andre Vadovin has described what had happened in Jenin camp in the West Bank "a humanitarian catastrophe."

In an exclusive statement to the Russian News agency Etar Tass broadcast on Sunday, Vadovin said that Jenin is in need of an urgent humanitarian aids, stressing that the incidents in that city are but part of the catastrophe in the Middle East.

He added that the scale of destruction is very wide in Jenin and still there are searching operations for alive citizens who are still under the remains of their houses, stressing the need of sending rescue personal to the city for support.

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