A spokesman for Islamic Hamas movement on Wednesday said talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas' Fatah movement would be complicated.
Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoom added that "Fatah proposes difficult things."
On Tuesday, a Fatah official said there will be no talks with Hamas unless a deal on giving up control of the Gaza Strip is reached. Hamas seized the Strip by force last year after routing pro-Abbas forces.
The debate increased as Egypt tries to launch a national Palestinian dialogue to end differences between feuding Hamas and Fatah.
Barhoom said the dialogue "should settle all the issues as one package," stressing that forming a national unity government would help resolve the crisis since the coalition would be "politically and professionally strong."
Hamas also rejected a proposal to form a technocrat government of independent ministers. The proposal was made to help overcoming Israeli and international boycott on any Hamas-led government.
After Hamas' violent takeover of Gaza, Abbas appointed a western-backed government based in West Bank and fired a Hamas-led coalition.
Meanwhile, Barhoom said that presidential elections should be held after Abbas' term ends in January 2009, rejecting an extension for Abbas.
Source: Xinhua
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