Cairo dialogue postponed till Thursday

Cairo dialogue postponed till Thursday
Dec 2, 2003, 11:19


Gaza - Dr. Mohammed Al-Hindi, one of the Islamic Jihad Movement leaders in
the Gaza Strip, has declared that the inter-Palestinian dialogue in Cairo
that was supposed to open on Tuesday was postponed till Thursday without
giving reasons.

Hindi said that his Movement's delegation would arrive in Cairo on Thursday
to take part in the dialogue, affirming, "There will be no free concessions
whether in the issue of hudna (ceasefire) or otherwise".

For his part, Sheikh Saeed Siyam, one of the Hamas Movement leaders in the
Strip, explained that agenda of the Cairo meeting would focus on internal
Palestinian relations and would deliberate a new hudna.

"We are not against any dialogue or meeting but we have our own agenda that
takes into consideration the Palestinian people's interests," he elaborated.

Siyam affirmed that Hamas was adamant on eradication of occupation. He
added, however, that his Movement was attending the dialogue with open
hearts and minds.

Hamas would not accept any issue that did not conform to the Palestinian
people's interests, he underlined.

A Fatah official said that the dialogue would concentrate on three main
topics namely a new ceasefire, formation of a collective national leadership
and the international situation.

Samir Mashharawi said that the dialogue was not new but rather was ongoing
over the past three years of intifada and before it.

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