GAZA CITY (AFX) - Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas said today an agreement has been reached between his Fatah party and governing Islamist movement Hamas on the programme for an incoming national unity government.
"We have finished defining the political programme of a national unity government, based on the national reconciliation document," which was agreed on by Palestinian factions on June 27, Abbas told reporters.
Prime Minister Ismail Haniya, the head of the Hamas-led government, confirmed the deal.
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