Ramallah, May 29 (IANS)
Palestinian President Mahmoud
Abbas Thursday officially designated Rami
Hamdallah to
form the interim
unity government that was agreed upon with the Gaza-based Islamist Hamas movement. After handing
Hamdallah "a letter of designation" to
form the
unity government,
Abbas said "I wish him success in this difficult mission", Xinhua reported citing the official Wafa news agency. Hamdallah, a veteran independent
Palestinian academic, is currently the prime minister of the West Bank's
Palestinian National Authority (PNA) government, which recently came together with the Gaza Strip's Hamas movement to create a unified
Palestinian political entity after years of division.
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