Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman plans to visit the West Bank in several days to have discussions with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas, an official from Abbas's Fatah party said on Sunday.
"Suleiman's visit is almost confirmed and may take place in the coming days," Jamal Muhaissen, a member of Fatah central committee, told Xinhua.
The two key issues Suleiman would be discussing with Abbas is the stalled peace talks between Israel and the Palestinians and the national Palestinian reconciliation which Egypt tries to broker, according to Muhaissen.
Hamas, the bitter rival of Fatah, has rejected an Egyptian proposal for reconciliation, keeping political split between the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip and the West Bank on.
"An important part of the visit would be dedicated to the reconciliation issue," Muhaissen said, adding that Fatah has signed the Egyptian proposal "and there will be no adjustment to the document" as Hamas demands."Fatah has signed the proposal and Hamas has to sign it without any change if it was interested in ending the Palestinian schism," Muhaissen said.
After Hamas rejected the reconciliation offer, Abbas issued a decree to hold the general elections in January 2010. Later, Abbas announced not to run in the elections, while Hamas warned to ban voting in the Gaza Strip.
Suleiman will talk with Abbas over his intention not to stand in the elections race. According to Muhaissen, Abbas "will not change his mind until Israel changes its position."
Abbas wants Washington to put pressure on Israel to stop the Jewish settlement in the West Bank and East Jerusalem before resuming the
Palestinian-Israeli negotiation.