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Palestinian Prime Minister appears to be sticking it out

Published June 22nd, 2013 - 01:43 GMT
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (R) and the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton (L) address the medias in the West Bank town of Ramallah on June 19, 2013. (Source: AFP / AHMAD GHARABLI)
Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah (R) and the EU High Representative Catherine Ashton (L) address the medias in the West Bank town of Ramallah on June 19, 2013. (Source: AFP / AHMAD GHARABLI)

Palestinian Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah withdrew his resignation on Friday following a meeting with President Mahmud Abbas, Al Arabiya correspondent from Ramallah reported.

Ramdallah was seen leaving the president’s headquarters in his official convoy.

AFP quoted an official as saying that "Hamdallah met Abbas for two hours in the president's headquarters in Ramallah and informed him he had decided to withdraw his resignation.”

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