Fatah: Abbas to visit Cairo, meet Sisi soon

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas (L) meets Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi (R) at the Heliopolis Palace in Cairo, Egypt on 20 March 2017 [Egyptian Presidency/Anadolu]]

A senior Fatah leader revealed that Palestinian Authority (PA), Fatah and PLO President Mahmoud Abbas is to visit Cairo soon to meet with Egyptian President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi.

Reporting the Deputy Commissioner of Fatah’s International Relations, Abdullah Abdullah, Arabi21 said that this visit will potentially take place on 14 December.

Abbas, according to Abdullah, is to attend an international conference slated to take place in Egypt’s resort city of Sharm El Sheikh.

Senior Hamas and Islamic Jihad delegations arrived in Cairo on Monday and held meetings with Egyptian intelligence officials.

READ: Palestinian elections must usher in a new era of unity and progress

Unless otherwise stated in the article above, this work by Middle East Monitor is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. If the image(s) bear our credit, this license also applies to them. What does that mean? For other permissions, please contact us.