Senior political leader Ismail Haniyeh (4R) and Yahya Sinwar (5R) the new leader of the Hamas Islamist movement in the Gaza Strip attend a meeting with leaders of Palestinian factions in Gaza City on September 25, 2017. (AFP Photo)

GAZA, Sept. 25 (Xinhua) -- Islamic Hamas movement welcomed on Monday the declaration of the Palestinian National Unity Government to head to Gaza next week.

Hamas said in an emailed statement that "we wish for the government to succeed in its duties and to undertake its responsibilities."

The statement called on President Mahmoud Abbas "to retract from punitive measures against Gaza in synchronization with the visit."

Spokesperson for the unity government Yousef Al-Mahmoud said in an emailed press statement that "Prime Minister Rami Al-Hamdallah consulted with President Mahmoud Abbas, and decided to hold the weekly cabinet meeting in Gaza Strip in the middle of next week."

"Al-Hamdallah and the ministers will arrive in Gaza next Monday to start the handover process after Hamas movement agreed to dissolve the administrative committee and allow the government to undertake its responsibility in all southern governorates (Gaza)," explained the statement.

Last week, Islamic Hamas movement declared in Cairo that it will dissolve the controversial administrative committee.

This is not the first time that rival Palestinian parties Hamas and President Abbas's Fatah party reach an agreement to put an end to the internal division, but none of the past agreements succeeded.