New Palestinian interior minister Abdel Razaq al-Yahiya is due to hold Sunday talks with his Egyptian counterpart in Cairo, said an aide to the preventive security chief in the West Bank Colonel Jibril Rajoub.
Yahiya and Rajoub were scheduled to meet with Interior Minister General Habib al-Adeli and Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Soleiman, according to AFP.
Meanwhile, Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Maher reacted coolly Saturday to Israel's plans to erect a barrier along parts of its border with the West Bank, saying only peace can guarantee Israel's security.
"Building peace would realize Israeli security more than building this wall does," Maher told reporters. He also cautioned Israel against sending any signal with the fence that it was appropriating land Palestinians claim.
"If Israel were building a fence along the 1967 borders, then this would be an acknowledgment that the borders of Israel and the borders of a Palestinian state are known. But if the aim was to expand [Israel's territory], then this is rejected," Maher said. (Albawaba.com)
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