GENEVA (AFP) — Israel and the Palestinian authorities have agreed to take joint steps to improve the postal services in the Palestinian territories, the Universal Postal Union said Thursday.
The two parties have agreed to start direct mail exchanges between the Palestinian Authority and the 191 member states of the UPU, with mail transitting via Jordan, the organisation's Director General Edouard Dayan said.
Dayan said in a statement that the announcement would help to prepare the ground for work to develop and improve the quality of the Palestinian postal service. He welcomed the "spirit of dialogue and total cooperation" shown by both parties.
The UPU is currently holding its annual congress in Geneva, which runs from July 23 to August 12.
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