RAMALLAH, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- Palestinian Unity Government said it will begin meetings to retain control over the security and border crossings in Gaza Sunday, following the recent agreement between rival Palestinian parties Fatah and Hamas in Cairo.
Head of the Governmental Commission for Borders and Civil Affairs Hussein Al-Shaikh said in statements to the official Palestinian radio station (Voice of Palestine) that the prime minister will hold a meeting with heads of security apparatuses in West Bank city of Ramallah soon.
The meeting will discuss "the mechanics and restructuring of the security bodies in cooperation with the relevant parties in Gaza," said Al-Shaikh.
He noted that this would represent "a real and serious test" for the implementation of the national reconciliation deal.
Palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas is expected to head a meeting for his party's (Fatah) Central Committee in Ramallah Sunday, for the first time since the national reconciliation deal was singed between Fatah and Islamic Hamas movement in Cairo last Thursday.
Al-Shaikh, who is a member of Fatah's Central Committee pointed out that the the committee meeting will discuss several issues, including the reconciliation deal and the work of the party members to Gaza Strip to deal with various issues there.
Hamas and Fatah agreed last Thursday in Cairo on measures that would empower the Palestinian government's work in the coastal enclave and take full responsibility of all affairs there by December 2017.
The Egyptian patrons of the reconciliation deal invited Palestinian factions for a national dialogue in Cairo on Oct. 21, to discuss the remaining issues related to the decade long internal Palestinian division.
