Egypt has invited Palestinian factions for reconciliation talks in Caironext week, local media reported.
The state-run Al-Ahram newspaper reported that “the secretary generals ofthe Palestinian factions were invited to a meeting next week in Cairo underthe auspices of Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi and his Palestiniancounterpart Mahmoud Abbas.”
According to the newspaper, the meeting will discuss “the necessary stepsto end the division … and to lay down a road map for the next stage.”
No statement was issued by the Egyptian presidency nor its Palestiniancounterpart regarding the details of the meeting until 1242GMT.
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