Abbas, Hamas to hold talks in Yemen
Reuters, Sanaa
Yemen plans to host talks this month between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and the exiled leader of the militant group Hamas on a ceasefire with Israel, the Yemeni state news agency SABA has reported."President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Yemen with Khaled Meshaal in the next few weeks to bring the points of view of Hamas and the Palestinian Authority closer," SABA quoted Yemeni President Ali Abdullah Saleh as saying late on Wednesday. It said Saleh voiced support for dialogue to cement a ceasefire agreed upon by the Palestinian Authority and Israel at a summit in Egypt on February 8. Abbas, elected in January to succeed the late Yasser Arafat, is under pressure from Washington and Israel to rein in armed factions spearheading a four-year-old Palestinian uprising.
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