Fatah and Hamas in Cairo to hash out unity government plans By News Wires the 16/05/2011 - 11:58
AFP - Rival Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas on Monday opened talks in Cairo on hammering out a unity government as agreed under a reconciliation deal, Egyptian state television said. The discussions began "in a positive atmosphere" in the morning, said the television report, without providing any more details. Fatah and Hamas, which rule the Palestinian territories of the West Bank and Gaza Strip respectively, signed the reconciliation agreement in the Egyptian capital earlier this month. Palestinian president Mahmud Abbas's Fatah delegation was to be headed by Azzam al-Ahmad, while Mussa Abu Marzuk would lead the Islamist Hamas delegation, Egypt's MENA state news agency reported on Sunday. The two factions were to "put in place a mechanism for immediate reconciliation, in particular the formation of a government of independent Palestinians," MENA quoted a senior Egyptian official as saying. "Egypt will help the two sides come to an agreement," over the choice of prime minister and the composition of the cabinet, said the unnamed official. The reconciliation accord, inked by the two rivals among 13 factions, aims to put a stop to the animosity which has split the Palestinian territories into rival camps since 2007. Source URL: http://www.france24.com/en/20110516-fatah-hamas-palestinian-territories-unity-government-plans-cairo-egypt-diplomacy ------------------------------------ Post message: prole...@egroups.com Subscribe : proletar-subscr...@egroups.com Unsubscribe : proletar-unsubscr...@egroups.com List owner : proletar-ow...@egroups.com Homepage : http://proletar.8m.com/Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/proletar/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: proletar-dig...@yahoogroups.com proletar-fullfeatu...@yahoogroups.com <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: proletar-unsubscr...@yahoogroups.com <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
