AhlulBayt News Agency - Paul Garnier, ambassador of Switzerland to the Palestinian Authority, arrived Wednesday morning to Gaza Strip via the Israeli-controlled Beit Hanoun (Erez) crossing, Palestine Info News reported.
The border and Crossing Authority affirmed to Quds Press Garnier’s arrival to Gaza along with his assistants.
No further information was declared about his visit’s agenda or duration.
Last year, Paul Garnier visited Gaza Strip to help resolve the crisis over the salaries of Gaza unpaid employees who were appointed after 2006 elections.
Israel’s premier Benjamin Netanyahu accused at that time Garnier of allegedly transferring money via Beit Hanoun crossing to fund the unpaid salaries.
The Gaza government employee salary crisis is having a severe negative impact on achieving the national reconciliation agreement.
Nearly 42,000 employees, hired in the Gaza Strip between 2007 and 2014, suffer challenging living conditions as the consensus government has been withholding their salaries since it took office in June 2014.
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