RAMALLAH, Nov 18 (KUNA) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas has honored the eminent Kuwaiti economist Dr. Mirza Hassan with the Palestinian stateآ’s highest recognition, the Star of Palestine, for his role in development in the Arab world namely Palestine.
Dr. Hassan, Dean of the board of directors of the World Bank Group received in a ceremony late Tuesday the Palestinian state's Highest award in recognition of his outstanding contributions to supporting the economy and development in Palestine and the Arab region as a whole.
Hassan had presented several services to lift suffering of Palestinian people through social and development programmes during his work in the bank. (end) nq.ha