Abbas to visit Egypt saturday

President Mahmoud Abbas will visit Egypt on Saturday to discuss the national reconciliation agreement and how to push it forward, said Yasser Othman, the Egyptian ambassador to the Palestinian National Authority. He told Palestinian news agency (WAFA) that Egypt sensed Abbas’ determination to achieve the national reconciliation. Abbas on Thursday headed a meeting for Fatah’s central committee in the presidency headquarters in the West Bank City of Ramallah. The meeting discussed a number of key issues, most importantly the Palestinian bid to United Nations and the latest developments in the peace process, as well as a number of Fatah’s internal issues, according to WAFA.