Cairo-sponsored agreement pacified Arab, Muslim hearts: King Salman

CAIRO – 13 October 2017: The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman congratulated Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas on the agreement reached between the two Palestinian factions Fatah and Hamas movements in Cairo.

Under Egyptian auspices, Palestine’s two main political rivals, Fatah and Hamas, signed a reconciliation accord Thursday in Cairo, which denotes that the Concession Government will have administration over the Rafah border before December 1.

For his part, the Palestinian president thanked the Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques for his honorable feelings and expressed his appreciation for the long-standing support that the Palestinian people have received from the kingdom's government.

Egypt, which hosted a series of meetings over the past two days between both parties, invited the Palestinian factions that signed the 2011 accord to hold their upcoming meeting on November 21, 2017 in Cairo, the statement said.