India to create special fund for Palestine

India has decided to create a special fund of to send medical supplies and other relief material for Palestinians, reports Indian PTI news agency. An Indian spokesman told reporters an executive from the external affairs ministry visited Palestinian President Yasser Arafat of the intiative to inform him of the initiative.

PTI said Arafat had greatly appreciated India's gesture and recalled New Delhi's consistent and unwavering support to the Palestinian cause.