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Norwegian Foreign Minister Espen Barth Eide (L) and High Representative of the European Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy Catherine Ashton (R) give a statement prior a meeting with Palestinian Prime Minister on March 19, 2013 at the EU Headquarters in Brussels. The meeting of the donor coordination group for the Palestinian people, the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee (AHLC) will focus on ways to address the deepening financial crisis of the PA, including strengthening its fiscal sustainability, improving the regularity and predictability of financial resources provided to the PA, increasing private sector-led growth, promoting access and movement throughout the Palestinian territory, facilitating Palestinian exports and improving the situation in the Gaza Strip . AFP PHOTO GEORGES GOBET (Photo credit should read GEORGES GOBET/AFP via Getty Images)