The German government on Sunday slammed Israel for preventing its development minister, Dirk Niebel, from entering the Gaza Strip to visit the Palestinian territory during his trip to the region.
"Refusing a German development minister entry to the Gaza Strip is a great foreign policy mistake on the part of the Israeli government," Niebel told the online edition of the daily Leipziger Volkszeitung.
"I am saddened that Israel is making it so difficult for its truest friend to understand its actions." Niebel wanted Sunday to visit Hamas-run Gaza in order to meet representatives of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine refugees (UNRWA).
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said in a statement in Berlin that he also "regretted" the decision by the Israeli government, and underlined that Germany and the European Union want to see an end to the Gaza blockade.
[Source: Al-Manar TV]
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