[ 19/04/2011 - 05:23 PM ]
”We are keen to fully cooperate with Egypt to complete files related to Palestinian reconciliation. And there is a new spirit in the Egypt's foreign policy, especially in dealing with the Gaza Strip,” Haneyya told the Middle East News Agency on Tuesday.
”We sensed this new spirit during the meetings held by various Palestinian parties that arrived in Cairo,” he said.
”I look forward to advanced steps in the path of ending the Gaza siege and reconstruction and opening the crossings,” Haneyya added, expressing great appreciation for the Egyptian leaders that came to power following the ouster of former president Hosni Mubarak.
According to a high-profile official in Egypt, out of the country's interest in Palestinian unity, Egypt has begun talks with many Palestinian leaders and organizations. Palestinian Authority chief Mahmoud Abbas was received in Cairo on April 6.
The official said that bilateral meetings took place between the Egyptians and leaders from the Fatah party, Hamas's rival in the West Bank, as well as the Popular Front, the Democratic Front, the Jihad movement, independents and resistance factions. He went on to say that Palestinian reconciliation has recently become one of the country's top priorities.
Meanwhile, spokesman for the government in Gaza Tahir al-Nunu has met with Hisham Yousef, assistant secretary-general of the Arab League in Cairo to discuss a number of important issues.
Nunu reiterated the government's firm position in establishing reconciliation and ending the current split.
”Every Arab state is concerned in ending the state of division in Palestine,” said Ambassador Hisham Yousef, expressing the Arab League's willingness to play its role in that cause.
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