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Abbas, emir, Mashaal meet in Qatar

21 August 2014, 2:11 pm
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The Palestinian Ma’an News Agency reports that PA President Mahmoud Abbas met in Qatar with Emir Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani to discuss the situation in the Gaza Strip and debate possible resolutions.

Abbas arrived in Qatar with the head of the Palestinian delegation in Cairo Azzam al-Ahmed, Fatah official Saeb Erekat and several other PA representatives.

Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal is said to later join the meeting.

In this file photo provided on Nov. 24, 2011, by the office of Khaled Mashaal, Hamas leader Mashaal, left, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are seen together during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt. (photo credit: AP/Office of Khaled Meshaal)
In this file photo provided on Nov. 24, 2011, by the office of Khaled Mashaal, Hamas leader Mashaal, left, and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas are seen together during a meeting in Cairo, Egypt. (photo credit: AP/Office of Khaled Meshaal)

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