Morsi: I invited Mashaal and Abbas to meet in Cairo

Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi said he will sponsor a meeting between Hamas and Fatah leaders in Cairo soon to resume the national reconciliation talks.

In an interview by the CNN, Morsi added that he had invited Mahmoud Abbas and Hamas political leader Khaled Mashaal to come to Cairo to table the contentious files and the mechanism to implement them on the ground.

He stressed that the achievement of the national reconciliation between the Palestinian rivals would not be an easy mission.

In another context, Sheikh Ayed Qarni, an acclaimed Saudi religious figure, said in a press statement to the Palestinian information center (PIC) that the support provided for Gaza people by Egypt and its people is a sacred duty.

Sheikh Qarni, who was in Cairo on Sunday, the noted Egyptian role in Gaza does not absolve the rest of the Arab and Muslim countries from their responsibilities.

He also called on all Arab and Muslim leaders to pool their efforts in support of the Palestinian cause and Jerusalem, and condemned the situation of begging peace from the Israeli occupation as shameful.