By Xinhua
Gaza : Ismail Haneya, prime minister of the sacked Hamas unity government, intends to hold talks with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of the rival Fatah faction in Saudi Arabia, Haneya’s office said.
Haneya made his proposal in a phone call with Saudi Crown Prince Sultan Ibn Abdel Aziz, Haneya’s office said Monday.
Since the violent seizure of the Gaza Strip in mid June, Hamas has offered several times to resume contacts but Abbas refused to open dialogue with the Islamic movement unless it gives up the rein of Gaza it took from Fatah.
Abbas is scheduled to visit Saudi Arabia Tuesday.
The rival Palestinian factions, Fatah and Hamas, reached a key power-sharing agreement in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia on Feb 8, which gave birth to the forming of the Hamas-led unity government on March 17.