RAMALLAH, Nov. 19 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will not attend an emergency meeting of Arab foreign ministers on Middle East peace, a senior leader of Abbas' Fatah movement said Wednesday.

    Azzam al-Ahmad, head of Fatah parliamentary bloc, told the press that Abbas made the decision to protest against the Arab League chief Amr Moussa for not blaming Islamic Hamas movement on the failure of inter-Palestinian dialogue.

    "Moussa promised that he will announce who was the party that blocked the reconciliation but he did not meet his promise," al-Ahmad said.

    Egypt postponed the Cairo-mediated national Palestinian dialogue, which was due to start in Cairo on Nov. 9, after Hamas boycotted the initiative to reconciling between Hamas and Fatah.

    Al-Ahmad, however, said that Saeb Erekat, a senior Palestinian peace negotiator, will lead the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) delegation to the Arab FMs meeting in Cairo on Nov. 26.

    Erekat will brief the Arab ministers about the results of the peace talks with the Israelis and the meetings with the representatives of the Quartet: the United States, the United Nations, the European Union and Russia.

    Moussa said earlier that Abbas will be invited to the meeting. However, sources said that Abbas' decision not to attend the meeting was made after Moussa accepted to discuss Hamas' request with the Arab ministers.

    Hamas said the Egyptian-sponsored dialogue was not failed and it was only postponed, adding it boycotted the first attempt to launch the dialogue because pro-Abbas forces intensified its clampdown against Hamas supporters in the West Bank.