SANAA, Feb. 27 (Xinhuanet) -- Visiting Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas here Monday denied reports that he would resign, saying he had any intentions of resigning.

    Abbas made the denial to reporters before he left Sanaa for AbuDhabi after two-day visit to Yemen.

    He termed as "false" reports he would resign if the Islamic Resistance Movement (Hamas) refused to commit itself to agreements signed by his Palestinian National Authority on the Middle East peace process.

    Hamas was committed to truce with Israel, he told the reporters, adding there was no need for continued Israeli threats against the movement.

    Meanwhile, Abbas raised speculation on the subject during an interview Sunday on British Britain's ITV1, which quoted him as saying that he might step down if a Hamas-led government blocked his agenda of negotiating peace with Israel.

    "What has been published and broadcast more than once is completely unfounded. I have not declared so. I have not said it," Abbas said.

    "I will do my best" to implement the program on the basis of which "I was elected by the Palestinian people" and "I did not say that I wanted to resign", he stressed.

    Abbas arrived here Saturday night. Yemeni President AliAbdullah Saleh met Abbas Sunday on enhancing bilateral ties along with latest developments on the Palestinian arena. During the meeting, Abbas briefed Saleh on current developments on the Palestinian arena in light of Hamas' landslide victory in the Jan. 25 legislative election.

    The two sides also examined Yemeni-Palestinian ties, developments in the region and Arab issues. Enditem