Bardawil: We did not receive any invitation for reconciliation talks in Cairo

Hamas called on Fatah movement to play its full role to pressure the Palestinian Authority in Ramallah to end the file of political detention and support the national reconciliation atmosphere.

The leader in Hamas movement, Salah Bardawil, denied in exclusive statement to Quds Press that his movement had received an official invitation to attend the factions’ heads meeting or resume reconciliation talks with Fatah movement in Cairo.

“So far we have not received any invitation to attend the meeting of the secretaries-general of the Palestinian factions in Cairo, and we did not receive an invitation from the Egyptian presidency to resume reconciliation talks with Fatah movement,” he explained.

Bardawil called on Fatah movement to pressure the PA for ending political arrests, thus ending the division.

“We deeply regret the continued political arrests, and we believe that it is a red line that cannot be bypassed,” he said, calling on Fatah movement to exercise pressure on the PA security authorities and the presidency for the release of political prisoners, stressing that the current shameful situation does not only serve the occupation and poisons the atmosphere of reconciliation.