Abbas announce meeting Meshaal in 10 days

Palestinian president, Mahomoud Abbas has confirmed that reconciliation is considered in his top priorities, which will be discussed during his meeting with Hamas leader, Khalid Meshaal. He announced during press statements after his meeting with the Tunisian transitional government that he will meet with Meshaal within 10 days. He confirmed that fair elections will have the last word for all the Palestinians. He added: “the meeting was a good opportunity to strengthen the Palestinian- Tunisian relations, and confirm our keen to improve it.” He said: “we always have lots of issues on our agenda when we come to visit Tunisia.” He also confirmed that they will not return to the negotiations without a guarantor and immediate stop to the settlement expansion. On the other hand, Azzam al-Ahmad Central Committee member of the Fatah movement has confirmed that the meeting to be held between President Mahmoud Abbas and the President of the political bureau of Hamas, Khaled Meshaal, will be at the end of this month in Cairo. Azzam al-Ahmad told ‘Al-resalah’ local newspaper, issued in Gaza: "we communicate with Hamas to set up an appointment to meet with Abu Mazen and Abu Al-Waleed, and it is expected to be at the end of this month in Cairo, coordination is still ongoing.” Al-Ahmed said that the meeting will discuss the Palestinia n political situation, the future of the Palestinian Authority in general and the status of the PLO, saying that Abbas will listen and  discuss  with Meshaal a Palestinian vision to resolve the crisis in light of the stalled negotiations and the settlements continuous expansion in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Al-Ahmad added that the delegations from Hamas and Fatah lead by Fatah and Moussa Abu Marzouk from Hamas would hold talks in Cairo regarding the reconciliation, he said: “delegations will hold talks in parallel with Meshaal and Abu Mazen meeting to discuss the obstacles and ways to implement the reconciliation on the ground Al-Ahmed called on the Palestinians to be prepared during the current phase to defend their rights, end the occupation and the establishment of a Palestinian state, stressing that the meeting Meshaal and Abbas, enhancing the power of the Palestinian position to face the challenges in light of Israeli intransigence. He concluded that the focus during the meeting will be on the reconciliation, and the implantation of the main points represented in a new transitional government, the legislative and presidential elections and the National Council according to the agreement, which was after the revolution of Egypt.