By Xinhua,
Gaza : A Hamas official on Sunday ruled out an imminent resumption of inter-Palestinian dialogue comprising his Islamic movement and rival Fatah.
“What happened was only calls and mutual declarations of readiness,” said Nasser al-Sha’er, a Hamas official who once held the deputy premier post in the tenth government which Hamas led.
“The problem of the dialogue is that it is still in its general phase and so far there is no any breakthrough. …No committees are working on finding the mechanisms,” al-Sha’er added.
Earlier this month, Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he is ready to talk with Hamas which routed his forces and ousted his Fatah movement from Gaza in fierce fighting in June 2007.
It was the first direct signal by Abbas who fired Hamas government and appointed a Western-backed administration based in the West Bank.
Hamas welcomed Abbas’ call for dialogue but al-Sha’er explained that none of the Arab parties, like the Arab League, had taken moves to host or sponsor the dialogue.