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<p>GAZA, (PIC)&#8211; Austria&#8217;s foreign  minister Michael Spindelegger has called for lifting the siege on the  Gaza Strip that has been in force for the past four years to end the  Gaza people&#8217;s suffering.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Spindelegger, who arrived in Gaza Strip on  Wednesday coming from Egypt, told a press conference at the UNRWA  headquarters that the blockade should come to an end, adding that the  people have suffered enough.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He said after meetings in the Strip that  the European Union should launch an initiative to end the siege, and  that the EU countries should adopt a unified stand regarding the  continued suffering of the Gaza population.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">The Austrian minister visited an UNRWA  school in central Gaza, toured the water desalination plant in Deir  Al-Balah refugee camp, and met with UNRWA officials and representatives  of the private sector and public figures.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">Spindelegger conferred with Egyptian  officials before visiting Gaza on regional developments especially the  situation in Libya and means of assisting Cairo in the current  transitional period after the downfall of the former regime of Hosni  Mubarak.</p>
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