GAZA, Oct. 19 (Xinhua) -- Chief of Islamic Hamas movement in the Gaza Strip, Yehya Sinwar, on Thursday called on Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas to visit the coastal enclave soon.
"I call on (Abbas) Fatah Party's central committee and Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) executive committee chaired by President Abbas to visit Gaza and hold their next meetings here," said Sinwar.
Sinwar made the call earlier Thursday in Gaza city when talking with Palestinian youths about the implementation of the recent reconciliation deal Hamas signed in Cairo with Fatah.
Sinwar said that Hamas has made its decision and will not withdraw from it, adding "it won't be one of the two parties of internal Palestinian division."
Abbas and the Palestinian (National) Authority haven't been in Gaza since the summer of 2007, when Hamas had forcibly seized control of the Gaza Strip.
Last week, Egypt brokered a reconciliation agreement between the two biggest Palestinian rivals. Leaders of the two groups signed the agreement that enables Abbas consensus government to hand over control of and function in Gaza.
"The only winner of making reconciliation and ending internal division is our people and we are ready to make more and more concessions for the sake and the interest of our people," said Sinwar.
Before signing the agreement, Hamas dissolved a controversial administrative committee of ruling the Gaza Strip to enable the consensus government of Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah to fully function in the Gaza Strip.
Hamdallah, his cabinet ministers and security chiefs visited Gaza two weeks ago and held its weekly cabinet meeting. After the cabinet meeting, Hamas announced that the Gaza Strip is under the full mandate of the government.
