Secretary of Gaza's Ministry of Economy Ayman Abed praised the Egyptian decision to deliver a number of commodities to the Palestinian besieged strip. He stressed his aspirations to increase the trade exchange between Egypt and Gaza to pave the way for improving the economic growth.

He added, in a statement to "Arabs Today", that the Gaza's imports from Egypt could reach to $ one billion calling the Egyptian authorities for increasing the days of Rafah Crossing opening to undermine the siege imposed on Gaza by the Israeli government.

He expressed his government's readiness to receive the Egyptian commodities and to establish a free trade zone between Egypt and the Palestinian territories if the Egyptian authorities decided to allow the commodities pass to the strip.

He revealed that Gaza's government allocated four thousand meters to receive the commodities coming from Egypt saying that the area would be automatically developed with the increase of trade exchange.

He stressed that such free zone would achieve major benefits for the two sides, including achieving economic growth, reducing the rates of unemployment, and reopening of closed factories in Gaza. 

He added that Gaza's authorities are keen not to allow the imported commodities enter the market without inspecting them to ensure their safety, saying that such a measure aims to protect the consumers.