A Hamas official: Mash’al and Abbas agree to reactivate the PLO

Sunday April 29, 2007 11:56 by Rami Almeghari - IMEMC & Agencies

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas supreme leader, agreed yesterday to reactivate the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), Yehia Mussa, a Hamas MP revealed.

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Mussa said that the two leaders agreed to hold more meetings in the near future, but they are yet to set a date and place, but he explained the meetings may be held in Cairo and Damascus, where Mash’al is based.

Mussa denied reports that the ruling Hamas has finally agreed to joining the PLO, yet he confirmed that Hamas will join the PLO as soon as it is rehabilitated.

“ It has been quite clear that Hamas has no veto on joining the PLO, since we agreed to talk on the organization”, Mussa made clear.

The Palestinian Islamic Jihad (holy war) and Hamas have been outside the PLO, since the latter has signed Oslo peace accords with Israel in 1993.

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