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<p style="font-size:10pt;">DAMASCUS, (PIC)&#8211; Deputy chief of the  Hamas political bureau Moussa Abu Marzouk has confirmed that contacts  are being made with Fatah chief Mahmoud Abbas to end the current  Palestinian political split, but he said that the persecution of Hamas  elements in the West Bank must be curbed before reconciliation can be  realized.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”Until now there is no final understanding  concerning the proposed topic or venue for the open meeting,” he told  the PIC. ”I believe this issue will be resolved soon,” he added, but he  said that all that was raised that reconciliation will be brokered or  unbrokered recently in the media is either based on incomplete  information or is not true.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>Hamas vision to end split</strong></p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”Abu Mazen (Abbas) has contacted many  states, such as Syria, Turkey, Egypt and others in order to promote his  initiative, which has raised a lot of talk in the media about the  subject,” Abu Marzouk said concerning Hamas&#8217;s stance on the Abbas&#8217;s  initiative.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”Abu Mazen has launched an initiative, and  we have had reservations on it, because it is based on one point, which  is to form a Palestinian government with two principle tasks: elections  and reconstruction, while Hamas&#8217;s vision is based on all of the topics  that need to be discussed to end the split on solid foundations and so  past experiences do not recur, specifically the Makkah agreement  experience.”</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">When discussing Hamas&#8217;s position on Abbas&#8217;s  desire to visit the Strip, Abu Marzouk said: ”We wanted the visit to be  in the light of reconciliation, not in the light of division. Which  means that when we have done away with the split and then the visit  comes, we would defended our people and ourselves from all of the  negative aspects that would have risen if the visit was in the light of  and internal interactions. The idea was to resolve pending issues and  end the split, and then Abbas would decide how and when to go to the  Gaza Strip. And we will undoubtedly welcome this visit.”</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>Egyptian sponsorship and Turkish role</strong></p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">In response to media rumors that Egypt will  broker the next rounds of reconciliation talks, Abu Marzouk said that  Cairo at present ”does not want to directly sponsor the dialogue, but it  has not objected to coming to both parties after split is ended to  celebrate. Egypt wants to welcome the conclusions and not the actions  and dialogues between the parties.”</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">He went on to say that the Egypt&#8217;s stance  on Palestinian issues as a whole has made major turns for the better. He  believed Palestinian issues would take priority in Egyptian foreign  issues for the interest of the Palestinians.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”Turkey has its presence in regional  issues, especially the Palestinian issue. We welcome this activity,  because we believe Turkey has served the Palestinians greatly and has  stood for Palestinian rights, and it is one of the most prominet states  that stood by [Hamas] directly after the elections and defended its  right to rule after election,” the senior Hamas official said about  Turkey&#8217;s recent movement in the issue of Palestinian reconciliation, a  movement he called ”active”.</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”We met with Turkish Foreign Minister  Davutoglu in Damascus, and he will also meet with Abu Mazen. He met with  the Egyptian Foreign Minister which wants to participate with Turkey in  reconciliation efforts.”</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;"><strong>Hamas men detained in West Bank</strong></p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">When asked if Hamas&#8217;s visions have changed  concerning the political prisoners in the West Bank, Abu Marzouk said:  ”All issues must be kept open in the dialogues because they are  interrelated. We are not able to go to elections or reconciliation while  Hamas is banned in the West Bank and its elements are persecuted or in  prisons and its institutions are closed.”</p>
<p style="font-size:10pt;">”The climate must be created for  reconciliation in the West Bank. I&#8217;m not only talking about the West  Bank. What applies in the West Bank also applies in the Gaza Strip. But  everyone knows that the security persecution in the West Bank is a lot  worse than what has happened in Gaza. Fatah now enjoys great freedom in  the Strip regarding its organizations and movements, and internal  elections have been held there.”</p>
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