Abbas, Sisi to Meet in Cairo: Palestinian Amb.

By Nawal Sayed

CAIRO, Jan. 3 (SEE) - Palestinian President

Mahmoud Abbas will arrive in Cairo on Friday to meet with his Egyptian

counterpart President Abdel Fattah El Sisi, said Ambassador of the State of

Palestine in Cairo and Permanent Representative to the Arab league Diab Al-Louh.

Louh revealed Thursday that Abbas

will take part in the official inauguration of Al Fattah Al Alim Mosque and the

Cathedral of the Birth of Jesus in the new administrative capital set to be

Jan. 6.

"An Egyptian-Palestinian summit will be held between the two countries' presidents to discuss latest developments of the Palestinian issue and other topics of a mutual interest," the ambassador added.

Egyptian Role in Palestinian Reconciliation

A reconciliation agreement was signed in Cairo

in October 2017 between Palestinian rival factions Fatah and Hamas in order to

achieve more stability within the Palestinian land and authorities. 

On September 17, 2017, the Hamas movement announced the dissolution of the administrative committee in the Gaza Strip, inviting the Government of National Reconciliation to assume its duties and hold general elections. The movement affirmed it would comply with the Social Reconciliation Accord signed in 2011. 

During a press conference with his Bulgarian counterpart, President of the Palestinian Authority (PA) Mahmoud Abbas called on Hamas to hand the authority over Gaza to the Palestinian consensus government, especially the security authority, blaming the Islamist group for the repercussions of failing the Egyptian efforts to end the pision between Palestinian factions.