Abbas raises financial crisis in Saudi visit

14 July 2012, 12:17 (GMT+05:00)

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President Mahmoud Abbas met on Friday with the King Abdullah in Saudi Arabia to discuss the Palestinian government's financial crisis Maan reported

The Palestinian Authority has been unable to pay government salaries for last month, citing large debts and donors' failure to deliver aid.

Abbas headed to Saudi Arabia because "it has always been supportive to the PA at all levels," PLO Secretary-General Yasser Abed Rabbo said on Wednesday, adding that the PA was planning delegations to other Arab countries to seek a way out of their financial crisis.

After meeting with the king in Jeddah, Abbas also met former Lebanese prime minister Saad al-Hariri to discuss efforts towards peace between regional countries and Israel.