The European Commission has adopted a 118 million euros ($130 million) aid package to support the Palestinian Authority, Reuters reports.

The commission said the aid would help pay salaries and pensions of civil servants in the West Bank, social allowances for vulnerable families and the payment for medical referrals to East Jerusalem hospitals.

The EU is also ready to continue helping the Palestinian Authority in the longer term, commission President Ursula von der Leyen said.

“We are reflecting on a wider mid-term package for next year to contribute to the economic and political stability of Gaza and the West Bank, once conditions allow on the ground, as part of wider international efforts to reinstate a two-state solution,” von der Leyen said in a statement.

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