RAMALLAH, Nov. 7 (Xinhuanet) -- A high-ranking Palestiniandelegation will go to Paris on Monday to visit ailing YasserArafat, well-informed Palestinian sources said on Sunday.

    The sources, which spoke on conditions of anonymity, said thatthe delegation would include former Prime Minister Mahmoud Abbas,or Abu Mazen, Prime Minister Ahmed Qurei and Foreign Minister NabilShaath.

    The sources said that the delegation would visit Arafat at PercyMilitary Hospital in Paris who has been treated there since Oct. 29after suffering from a severe illness that was hard to diagnose.

    Shaath told reporters that the travel of the delegation has beenconfirmed; adding that he personally would head to Paris togetherwith Qurei or with Abu Mazen. However, he didn't talk about aspecific date.

    "The reason for the visit in the hospital is to make sure thatPresident Arafat's health is fine and to look at the conflictingreports and check which one is true," said Shaath.

    Since Arafat has been transferred to the hospital in France,Qurei has been chairing the Palestinian cabinet and the council fornational security, while Abu Mazen chairs the Palestinian Liberation Organization and Fatah movement central committee.

    The two are working to form a unified leadership and preventchaos in the Palestinian self-rule areas in case of the demise ofArafat.

    The visit of the delegation to Paris is an indication thatArafat's health is worrying the Palestinian officials, and theywant to make sure that the medical reports on his health are true.

    Nabil Abu Rudeineh, an aide to Arafat had earlier said that thePalestinians are waiting within the coming 48 hours to know theexact report on Arafat's health conditions.

    Earlier in the day, Qurei said that Arafat's health condition "was stable and did not see any change" over the past few hours.

    The Qatari al Jazeera Satellite Channel had earlier reportedthat Arafat's medical conditions are critical, adding that "his(Arafat) health conditions can have all possibilities." Enditem