A senior official of Hamas, or the Islamic Resistance Movement, said on Saturday that secret talks between his movement and President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement were underway in one of the Arab countries.
Ahmed Yousef, an advisor to deposed Prime Minister Ismail Haneya of Hamas-led unity government, told reporter that "There are secret channels of dialogue between Fatah and Hamas in a bid to get out of the crisis."
"There are draft initiatives presented by official and nonofficial Arab and Palestinian groups" to both Hamas and Fatah leaders for reconciliation and resumption of dialogue, he said.
Yousef, however, declined to give more details about the initiatives.
Hamas movement, which considers Fatah its main rival, took control of the Gaza Strip in mid June after its militants defeated Abbas security forces and his secular Fatah.
Abbas immediately dismantled Haneya's national unity government and designated Palestinian economist Salam Fayyad as prime minister of the caretaker government based in Ramallah.
Abbas and Fatah leaders ruled out any dialogue with Hamas, unless it apologizes to the Palestinian people and withdraws from all security headquarters it controlled after June 14.
Source: Xinhua
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