Saudi Arabia transfers 8 million riyals to the PLO

Saudi Arabia transferred on Monday some 8,198,513 million riyals from revenues of the people's committee in support of the Palestine Liberation Organization.

The transfer was made at the directive of Prince Salman Bin Abdul Aziz, the mayor of Riyadh, who is also chairman of the people's committee to support the Palestinian militants.

Saudi Arabia undertakes the transfer of the committee's revenues which constitute 5% of the Palestinian salaries working in Saudi Arabia in addition to donations offered to the PLO via the committee, through six payments per year (one payment every two months) to spend on the families of the Palestinian martyrs.