"The talks and negotiations can be a positive move in reaching national reconciliation," Naji Sharab said on Saturday.
Sharab said that the talks would definitely narrow down differences between the two Palestinian groups, and reiterated that if Fatah and Hamas seek to reach national reconciliation, they should emphasize their common and strong points instead of focusing on their differences.
He also underlined that striking a comprehensive agreement in all fields, including security and political issues, is not necessary at this point of the negotiations, and said, "What is more important than any other thing now is the rapid materialization of the national reconciliation."
The two Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas agreed to resume reconciliation talks after next week's Muslim feast of Eid al-Adha, officials from both sides said on Wednesday.
"We agreed to continue the dialogue after the Al-Adha holidays," which start in the middle of next week depending on the sighting of the moon, Hamas official Mussa Abu Marzuq said.
"After the feast, we will fix a date," said Abu Marzuq, who led the latest round of talks with Fatah's Azzam al-Ahmed, which began on Tuesday evening in the Syrian capital Damascus.
"We underlined the questions on which we agree, but outstanding issues remain over the question of security, which we must examine," he added, without giving details.
Shortly before the talks, senior Hamas leader Ismail Haniya said in Gaza that the negotiations "will not resolve all the disagreements" between the Islamists, who control the territory, and the Fatah group of the Palestinian Authority Head Mahmud Abbas.
The two sides held a first series of talks on September 23.
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