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'Fatah says Hamas not serious about reconciliation'

Speaking in Damascus over the weekend, Fatah leader Azzam al-Ahmad said that Hamas was not serious about reaching a reconciliation agreement, Palestinian news agency Ma'an reported.
Ahmad said that the Hamas delegation refused to discuss certain issues related to security and that they only agreed to discuss one issue during the six-hour talks, according to the report. The Fatah official related that he had hoped for a breakthrough in the talks and that Hamas would sign the Egyptian reconciliation paper, which Fatah signed in October of last year.