Abbas approves Sanaa agreement

Sources close to Fatah announced Wednesday that the Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas in a meeting with senior leaders of his Fatah movement, had voiced readiness to adopt a Yemeni-brokered agreement to resume direct talks with the Hamas movement.

Present at Tuesday's meeting was Fatah's speaker in the Palestinian Legislative Council (PLC), Azzam Al-Ahmad, who represented Fatah at last week's talks in the Yemeni capital, Sana'a.

The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told Maan that Abbas' aide, Nabil Amr, would hold a press conference on Wednesday in Ramallah about the Sana'a declaration.

The announcement ends days of disagreement within Fatah about the Yemeni-backed agreement.

High-ranking Fatah leaders, including presidential aide Nimir Hammad and former Prime Minister Ahmad Qurei had accused Al-Ahmad of signing the accord without consulting the Ramallah-based leadership on the final version.