Khaled Sulaiman told the Voice of Palestine that "we might have studied our attitude, but there is no decision yet to adopt the Arab peace initiative."

"The problem was with Israel which responded to the initiative by reoccupying the West Bank and isolating (former) President Yasser Arafat," he said.

The Arab peace initiative, which was adopted at the 2002 Arab summit in Beirut, calls for a complete Israeli withdrawal from the Palestinian lands occupied in the 1967 Middle East War in exchange for an Arab recognition of Israel and normalization of bilateral relations.

Asked about Hamas' demands which will be submitted to coming inter-Palestinian talks, Sulaiman said that reforming the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) was on the top of Hamas'a genda.

"We (Hamas) are not part of the PLO, which should represent everyone. The PLO is an important national institution, therefore, it must be reformed and then we will join it," Sulaiman said.