DOHA, Qatar (AP) ? The Palestinian president and the head of rival Hamas resumed talks Sunday over efforts to move along a reconciliation pact that remains stalled after nearly a year.
Qatar's emir and other officials joined the meetings in apparent efforts to push the unity accord forward between Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas of Fatah and Khaled Mashaal, leader of the Islamist Hamas.
A senior Abbas aide, Azzam al-Ahmed, described the dialogue as "positive," but said further discussions were needed with other Palestinians factions over key issues such as elections and forming a transitional unity government.
Al-Ahmed said late Sunday that the two leaders agreed to decide quickly on the composition of transitional government that would prepare for elections. Abbas and Mashaal met twice Sunday and are to meet again Monday, al-Ahmed said.
The reconciliation pact seeks to end more than four years of separate governments in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the West Bank, which is ruled by Abbas' Western-backed Palestinian Authority. Both sides have failed to carry out promised goodwill gestures and have disagreed sharply over the composition of an interim government.
"I'm sure there will be an agreement, but we still have to continue consultations with other Palestinians factions," al-Ahmed told reporters.
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