RAMALLAH, September 25, 2017 (WAFA) –The Palestinian government is expected to hold its cabinet meeting next week in Gaza in a sign indicating improvement in relations between the Palestinian Authority and Hamas, which rules Gaza since its 2007 coup.

Government spokesman, Yousef al-Mahmoud, said Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah decided after consulting with President Mahmoud Abbas to hold the weekly cabinet meeting in Gaza next week.

Hamas announced two weeks ago dissolving its appointed administrative committee paving the way for reconciliation efforts to succeed.

Mahmoud said the prime minister and cabinet ministers will arrive in the Gaza Strip next Monday to assume their duties after Hamas has agreed to dissolve the administrative committee, as demanded by President Abbas to proceed with reconciliation efforts. The cabinet meeting is expected to be held the next day.

Member of Fatah Central Committee who heads the Department of Civil Affairs, Hussein Sheikh, also said the government will go to the Gaza Strip next Monday following instructions by President Abbas.

The Civil Affairs is in charge of coordinating with Israel the movement of the cabinet ministers between Ramallah, the temporary seat of the Palestinian government in the West Bank, and the besieged Gaza Strip.

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