A barter agreement under which Palestine will send pharmaceutical products to Rumania in exchange for box wood to make orates for citrus fruit has been negotiated, it was learned here. The agreement awaits ratification by the Rumanian Government.
Another barter deal, in which pairs of hyenas, foxes, jackals and jackal clubs were exchanged for a pair of Shetland ponies from the London Zoo was disclosed here today. The Palestinian animals left from Haifa last week.
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