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New round of national Palestinian dialogue to start soon
26/4/2006 10:25

Palestinian legislator Abdullah Abdullah announced yesterday that a new round of dialogue will soon be held between Palestinian factions to remove differences.

The talks are scheduled to begin this week in Ramallah and Gaza through video conferences, with all factions taking part in.

Abdullah, who heads the political committee of the Hamas-dominated Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), told reporters that the dialogue will focus on "means of overcoming economical crisis."

The dialogue will tackle ways of activating and maintaining the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) as the sole legitimate representative of the Palestinians, added Abdullah.

The Hamas-led government, which took office in March, does not recognize the PLO and so does the Islamic Jihad (Holy War). But Hamas said it is ready to join the PLO when the latter is reformed.

The Fatah movement, which was defeated in January's parliamentary elections, refused to take part in the Hamas-led government as it does not recognize the PLO and peace agreements with Israel.

On Monday, the secretary-general of PLC, Mahmoud al-Rumhi, said that the option of forming a coalition government with the Fatah's participation still exists.

He said that preparations for the dialogue are completed under supervision of Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas.

On Tuesday, Fatah Central Committee member Abbas Zaki told the Voice of Palestine that "we hope that the dialogue will seriously consider Palestinian interests and help end trade of accusations." Enditem



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