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| Abbas talks Palestinian unity with SyriaÂ’s Assad |
| 2009-06-21 |
| DAMASCUS - Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas discussed on Saturday efforts to achieve Palestinian reconciliation with Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. “We agree with Syria that the dialogue should succeed,” Abbas’s aide Nabil Abu Rdainah told reporters. He was referring to Egyptian mediation between Abbas’s Fatah faction and Hamas, which is supported by Syria and Iran. Egypt has set July 7 as a deadline to find a solution for divisions between the two groups. Hamas leader Khaled Meshaal, who lives in exile in Syria, cancelled a speech he was due to make later on Saturday shortly after Abbas met Assad. No explanation was given. Abbas’s visit to Syria is the second since May. His aides said Abbas would not be meeting any Palestinian factions in Syria before leaving for Saudi Arabia for talks with King Abdullah on Sunday. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 Yes, that will make a difference... somehow. Did you notice that Hamas leader Meshaal (is he an emir or a supreme leader?) refuses to be in the same country as Fatah leader Abbas? Were they wearing the same dress or something? |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2009-06-21 22:11 |