First UAE official arrives in Gaza

Palestinian President Yasser Arafat on Tuesday in Gaza received United Arab Emirates Minister of Information and Culture Sheikh Abdullah Bin Zayed al-Nahyan, who arrived in Gaza in a first visit for a UNAE official for the Palestinian self rule territories. The Palestinian minister of housing Abdul Rahman Hamad said that the UAE minister will lay today ( Wednesday) the foundation stone for Sheikh Zayed city which will be built on the northern part of Gaza strip.