Palestinian Authority (PA) chairman Mahmoud Abbas on Sunday welcomed Hamas’s announcement that it agreed to talks with his Fatah movement as well as to dismantle the Gaza administrative committee, which served as a local independent governing authority.
Yusuf al-Mahmoud, spokesman for the PA government in Ramallah, called Hamas’s decision "a step in the right direction" and a "genuine historic opportunity" to end the rift between the sides.
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