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Egypt: "Positive" progress in Hamas talks
Jan 12, 2009, 6:59 GMT
Cairo - The Egyptian government said Monday that it had made progress in its talks with the militant Palestinian Hamas organization, the official MENA news agency reported.
A meeting between Egypt's secret service chief Omar Suleiman and a delegation from Hamas in Cairo on Sunday had been 'positive,' the agency quoted a government official as saying.
Suleiman reiterated the key points of the proposal put forward by Egyptian President Hosny Mubarak: an immediate ceasefire, a new truce with Israel and a reconciliation between Hamas and the Fatah movement of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas.
The talks between Suleiman and the Hamas delegation headed by Emad al-Alami were expected to continue on Monday.
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