US Hopes Hamas Will Return to Ceasefire Negotiations With Israel
Sputnik International
MOSCOW (Sputnik) – Washington hopes that Hamas is still willing to engage in truce negotiations with Israel given the fact that the Jewish state had agreed to the previously proposed deal, US State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said on Thursday.
On Wednesday, Qatari Foreign Minister Sheikh Mohammed bin Abdulrahman Al Thani said that both Israel and Palestinian movement Hamas had stopped participating in ceasefire negotiations about a month ago. “We hope now that there is a party on the other side [in Hamas] that is willing to engage in conversations [on ceasefire],” Miller said.
There was a ceasefire agreement that the Israeli party had agreed on, the official added. Washington also hopes it is in Israel’s interest to find a mutually acceptable agreement to put an end to the ongoing hostilities, Miller added.
In September, the Qatari Foreign Ministry said it was continuing efforts to achieve a ceasefire agreement in the Palestinian enclave.
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