Middle East Monitor / August 11, 2023
Palestinian President, Mahmoud Abbas, and Hamas Political Bureau Chief, Ismail Haniyeh, agreed Thursday to speed up the establishment of a committee to discuss prospects for intra-Palestinian peace, Anadolu Agency reports.
According to a statement by Hamas, Haniyeh spoke by phone with Abbas as part of the follow-up of the results of a meeting of Palestinian groups at the level of secretaries-general in Al-Alamein, Egypt on 30 July.
During the meeting, it was agreed that the establishment of an inter-group follow-up committee which will discuss all relevant matters should be expedited.
On 27 July, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan held a closed-door meeting with Abbas and Haniyeh.
Erdogan said that Turkey would welcome Palestinians resolving their differences.
Ankara strongly supports a two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict, including the establishment of a Palestinian State, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
