US President Barack Obama spoke with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert on Wednesday afternoon. Olmert commended Obama on his inauguration, wished him success, and said that both he and Israeli people found the ceremony very moving.
Obama was inaugurated as the 44th President of the United States on Tuesday.
Prime Minister Olmert updated US President Obama on the situation in the Gaza Strip and said that he hopes that the efforts of Israel, Egypt, the US and the European countries to prevent the smuggling of weapons into Gaza would succeed so that it would be possible to stabilize the ceasefire and advance the diplomatic process between Israel and the Palestinian Authority in the future.
Prime Minister Olmert said that Israel would invest effort in supplying the humanitarian needs of the Palestinian population in the Gaza Strip and would work to improve the Palestinian economic situation in Judea and Samaria.
Also on Wednesday, a total of 181 trucks with 5221 tons of supplies reached Gaza. The supplies arrived at the request of various international organizations, and with donations from Turkey, Jordan, and Canada.
Published by Globes [online], Israel business news - www.globes-online.com - on January 22, 2009
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