GAZA, Aug. 15 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and Prime Minister Ismail Haneya held talks in Gaza City on Tuesday amid mounting Palestinian demands to form a new coalition government.
The two leaders refused to speak to reporters after the three-hour-long closed-door meeting ended.
Nabil Abu Rudaina, the spokesman for Abbas, told reporters that Abbas briefed Haneya about his recent regional Arab tour, adding that the two leaders discussed the situation in the Palestinian territories and a number of internal issues.
They also talked about the situation in Lebanon after Israel and Lebanon both approved a ceasefire called by the UN Security Council, the spokesman said.
Earlier in the day, the spokesman for the Hamas-led government Ghazi Hamad said that "many issues, including the complicated situation in Palestine and the security, political and economic problems" would be handled in the meeting.
Hamad asserted that the "outstanding problems" between the government and Abbas as well as the issue of forming a national-unity government would be present at the meeting. Enditem
