Hamas accepted on Friday an
invitation by Egypt to hold talks
with President Mahmoud Abbas'
Fatah faction to solve the internal
Palestinian rift. "I and all the
brothers in the Hamas leadership
welcome participating and will
seek to make the dialogue a
success," Hamas leader Khaled
Meshaal told Reuters.
Egyptian President Hosni
Mubarak, in an interview to be
published on Saturday, invited the
two sides to hold talks in Egypt.
Arab press reports said Mubarak was seeking to hold what
it described as a summit between Meshaal and Abbas in Cairo.
Meshaal said Hamas has not been informed about when
the meeting could be held. "We are responding to the
Egyptian invitation as we heard about it. The details and
any follow-up are up to them," Meshaal said in an
interview to al Usbu' magazine.
Regarding the tense situation along Egypt-Gaza border,
Meshaal played down any potential for conflict with
Egypt and said Hamas would be willing to share
control of the main Rafah crossing point with
Fatah and the Egyptian authorities. "We thank
Egypt and urge it to continue to deal with wisdom
with this emergency, brought about by the harsh siege,"
he said.
"The security concerns of Egyptian officials are understandable
and we have said that we are ready to share management of the
Rafah crossing," Meshaal said.
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