Amr Moussa, Sergey Lavrov in Damascus to Talk with Khaled Mesha'al

Lavrov: Many western countries admitted that Hamas isolation was "unfruitful"

[ 17/02/2009 - 11:29 AM ]

MOSCOW, (PIC)--

Russian foreign minister Sergey Lavrov has asserted that his country did not halt contacts with the Hamas Movement, adding that time has proven the correctness of the Russian position in this regard.

He told a press conference in Ramallah after talks with the acting Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas that many western countries were now admitting that isolating Hamas was "not fruitful".

The Russian chief diplomat said that Moscow was currently holding contacts with Hamas to ensure success of the conference for cementing Palestinian national unity slated for 22/2/2009 in Cairo.

He explained that Russian contacts with Hamas aimed at urging the Movement to forge national unity on the basis of the PLO principles.

Lavrov underlined that his country would participate in the international conference to reconstruct Gaza to be held in Cairo on 2/3/2009.

Mesha'al confers with Mousa on Palestinian developments

[ 17/02/2009 - 04:57 PM ]

DAMASCUS, (PIC)--

Khaled Mesha'al, the political bureau chairman of Hamas, on Tuesday conferred with Amr Moussa, the Arab League secretary general, on latest Palestinian developments, a Hamas source said.

He noted that the discussions tackled the situation in Gaza following the Israeli aggression along with a possible calm agreement that includes opening crossings and ending siege along with the prisoners' swap deal.

They also debated the Arab and Palestinian conciliation efforts, the source underlined.

He said that Moussa, who arrived in Damascus on a visit to Syria, had asked for the meeting that was also attended by Muhammed Nazzal, Ezzet Al-Resheq and Sami Khater, political bureau members of the Hamas Movement.

Abu Marzouq: Seven Arab countries to patronize Palestinian conciliation

[ 17/02/2009 - 11:06 AM ]

AMMAN, (PIC)--

Dr. Moussa Abu Marzouq, the deputy political bureau chairman of Hamas Movement, has revealed that seven Arab countries would patronize the inter-Palestinian national dialog.

The Hamas leader told a seminar in the Jordanian capital on the Gaza battle on the phone that the meetings between Fat'h and Hamas delegations in Cairo aimed at furnishing the atmosphere before the dialog, which is scheduled to open in Cairo by the end of February.

He noted that the Hamas-Fat'h talks focused on media campaigns, political detention and closure of Palestinian institutions.

Abu Marzouq explained that the dialog would produce six committees to discuss all pending issues including restructuring the PLO, national unity government, security apparatuses, elections and means of dealing with results of the division in the Palestinian arena.

He hoped that ending the Palestinian rift would lead to ending the inter-Arab differences, which had a bad impact on the Palestine cause.

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