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Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses the media at the EU Council in Brussels on January 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)
Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas will return to Ramallah on Thursday following what his associates called a “routine” medical checkup in Germany, Abbas’s office announced on Wednesday.
“President Mahmoud Abbas has completed his previously scheduled medical examinations in Germany,” the Palestinian presidency said in a statement. “The president is in good health and will return to the homeland on Thursday.”
Abbas was accompanied to Germany by Palestinian intelligence chief Majid Faraj, reportedly to meet with German Chancellor Angela Merkel.
File: Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas at a hospital on May 21, 2018 (screen capture: Twitter)
Aging Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas was set to head to Germany for medical treatment on Monday afternoon, in what officials reportedly described as a “routine” checkpoint.
According to Kan news, officials close to Abbas described the trip as “routine.”
In videos circulating on Palestinian media, two helicopters could be seen landing at Abbas’s office in Ramallah to ferry him to Amman. From there, Abbas will reportedly be taken to Germany.
A spokesperson for Abbas’s office could not be reached for comment on the president’s condition. But Abbas, a longtime smoker, has a long history of health issues, ranging from heart trouble to a battle with prostate cancer more than a decade ago.
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