Derrawi added member of Hamas's political bureau Mousa Abu Marzouk and senior Fatah official Azzam Al-Ahmed led their delegations.
"Cairo started to sponsor extensive and secret talks with all Palestinian factions in order to end the division and achieve the reconciliation," he said.
"The meetings between Fatah and Hamas today will be culminated with an agreement to be declared soon ending the Palestinian division, especially since Cairo wants to be an honest and neutral mediator between all parties," Derrawi expressed his belief.
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