CAIRO (Sputnik) – The Palestinian National Authority is making efforts to reach an agreement on unified governance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip, Palestinian Minister of State for Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Varsen Aghabekian Shahin told Sputnik.
“The Palestinian leadership continues to make great efforts to unite the Palestinian ranks and agree on a national roadmap for a single and unified governance in the West Bank and Gaza Strip,” Aghabekian Shahin said.
The Palestinian Authority holds administrative control of the West Bank, while Israel has security control. Hamas governs the Gaza Strip.
In August, President Mahmoud Abbas expressed that the Gaza Strip should come under the control of the legitimate Palestinian government.
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