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Al Ahmed:Hamas showed insufficient lenience during talks

2009-04-30 02:37:02


Ramallah-PalPress-Chief of Fatah bloc in the Legislative Council and member of it's delegation to Cairo Azzam Al Ahmed, said that Hamas movement did not show sufficient lenience over several issues during the dialogue meetings in Cairo on Tuesday.

Al Ahmed added in a statement to the BBC:" Concerning the elections,  all factions and independents except Hamas are in support of a  full proportional representation", however,  he added that  Hamas showed lenience over issues which were discussed previously, pointing out that an agreement was reached over the PLO issue.

For his part, Hamas prominent leader Mahmoud Al Zahar,  said that points of views between the Palestinian  factions are kind of approaching, however there is  difficulty in reaching an agreement over  the four issues as one package… he pointed out that there should be an agreement over the alternatives for the government,  elections, security and the rest of the issues.

"We can not agree on one issue and ignore the rest ", Zahar said .

In a similar statement, Al Zahar added: "when we come to an  an agreement regarding  these four points in addition to the issues which were agreed up on previously,  we can then begin the implementation process".

Following a three - day visit to Cairo, Hamas delegation left  the Egyptian capital to Damascus today where it participated in the fourth round of the Palestinian national dialogue talks hosted by Egypt.

Hamas delegation included Deputy Chief of Hamas political bureau in Damascus

Dr. Mussa Abu Marzuk , Emad Al Alami, Mahmoud Al Zahar, Mohammed Nasr and Khalil Al Hayyah.

An official source stated on Tuesday that the fifth round of Palestinian dialogue meetings will  be held  in Cairo on the 16'th and 17'th of next  May in order to resolve the outstanding issues in preparation for holding a comprehensive national dialogue and signing the national  reconciliation document.

Fatah delegation headed by Ahmed Qurei included Dr. Nabil Shaath,  Azzam Al Ahmed, Samir Al Mashharawi, and Majed Faraj left Cairo yesterday Tuesday.



2009-04-30 02:37:02
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