News report: Palestinian businessmen reject invite to US ‘peace’ workshop in Bahrain

Palestinian businessmen, economic and trade institutions and unions have received invitations to participate in the economic workshop organised by the United States in Bahrain next month, Anadolu Agency reported. Bashar Al-Masri, a prominent Palestinian businessman and chairman of Palestine Development and Investment Ltd (PADICO) announced that he has also received an invitation to participate in the workshop.
 “I have been invited to talk at the so-called Peace to Prosperity conference in Manama, but I will not participate in the conference, and no representative of our companies will participate in it or any of its results,” Al-Masri wrote on Facebook.
 “We reaffirm our clear position: we will not deal with any event outside the Palestinian national consensus. The idea of economic peace is old but is being put forward differently now.”

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