Doha declaration of Palestinian reconciliation signed

Pakistan Telegraph (IANS) Monday 6th February, 2012

Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas and chief of the Palestinian Islamic Resistance Hamas politbureau Khalid Mashaal signed here Monday the Doha Declaration of the Palestinian reconciliation.

The Doha Declaration was signed in the presence of Emir of Qatar Sheikh Hamasd Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Crown Prince Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad Al Thani and a number of senior officials, said a Qatar News Agency report.

The Declaration called for ending the partition and division on the Palestinian arena to contribute to enhance the Palestinian National Unity for maintaining steadfastness, terminating the occupation and enabling the Palestinians to restore and regain all their legitimate rights including the establishment of their independent Palestinian state with Al Quds Ash-Sharif as its capital.