Palestinian president Mahmud
Abbas chose a prime
minister to head a
unity government on Thursday but an**uncement of the line-up was held up
over the
foreign affairs portfolio, officials said.
Abbas sent a "letter of designation" to Rami Hamdallah, who is currently serving as premier within the West Bank-based government, an official in Ramallah said. "The government is ready, but there is only one problem, and that is that Fatah and Hamas reject Riyad al-Malki as
foreign minister, something
Abbas is insisting on," the official told AFP, speaking on condition of a**nymity. Malki is a veteran diplomat who has served as
foreign minister since 2007.
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