"Amman - The Palestinian ambassador to Jordan Atta Khairy on Monday closed down offices of the PLO's political department in his embassy in implementation of written orders by PA chief Mahmoud Abbas, a senior Palestinian source in Amman revealed.
He told Quds Press that the decision was glued to the door of that office and all employees were expelled while the guesthouse prepared for Farouk Kaddoumi, the PLO political department head, in Amman was also closed down.
The measures followed Kaddoumi's supportive stand of the ten Palestinian factions in Damascus that rejected Abbas' call for early legislative elections in the PA-run lands.
Khairy, for his part, justified the measure saying that closure of the office in his embassy was due to the fact that it duplicated his diplomatic work.
Meanwhile, Kaddoumi met with Khaled Mishaal, the Hamas political department head in Damascus, for a discussion on latest developments in the Palestinian lands topped by Abbas' call.
Both men called for continuation of internal Palestinian dialogue until a national unity government was formed and rejected holding early legislative and presidential elections.
They also condemned the assassination attempt against PA premier Ismail Haneyya and denounced the murder of the three children in Gaza a week ago describing it as a "cowardly act".
They also demanded a halt to attacks on private and public buildings in the West Bank and the Gaza Strip and advocated reactivation of bilateral relations between Hamas and Fatah Movements. "
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