Palestinian Authority (PA) outgoing Foreign Minister Riyad al-Maliki (pictured) said on Wednesday that he hopes Hamas knows why it should not participate in a new "technocratic" government of Palestinian territories.
"The time now is not for a government where Hamas will be part of it, because, in this case, then it will be boycotted by a number of countries, as happened before," the minister explained in a press conference.
Al-Maliki's comments come a day before the meeting between the representatives of Hamas and the Fatah political faction, which should take place in Moscow on Thursday, and days after PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh announced his government's resignation.