DAMASCUS, (PIC)-- Khaled Mishaal, the political bureau chairman of Hamas, has stressed that reports about forming a new PA government in Ramallah under Salam Fayyad would only serve to impede national dialog talks in Cairo.
The national unity government should be formed at the dialog table and not by unilateral decisions, he added.
Mishaal, responding to questions by reporters on a meeting for the follow up committee of the Palestinian national conference held in Damascus on Saturday, said that another round of talks would take place on 16/5 and the reports about Fayyad's assignment would hamper dialog.
The Hamas leader underscored that his Movement would never accept the international quartet committee's conditions, describing them as "oppressive". He added that reconciliation should not be linked to accepting those conditions, explaining that foreign intervention was responsible for delaying internal conciliation.
Hamas has displayed high flexibility during the dialog talks for the sake of Palestinian interests, Mishaal said, adding that Hamas would not bargain, however, over its national constants and rights.
He denied accepting a two-state solution during an interview with the American press, adding that he said that Hamas accepted the establishment of a fully sovereign state on the 1967 occupied lands with Jerusalem as its capital after dismantling all settlements and endorsing the right of return for Palestinian refugees.
Addressing the same press conference, Ahmed Jibril, the secretary general of the popular front for the liberation of Palestine – General Command, said that Mahmoud Abbas, the former PA chief, does not represent the Palestinian people.
He said that Palestinian factions reject the Arab initiative, which press reports indicated that Arab leaders were discussing amending it to cancel the right of return.
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