Azzam Al-Ahmad, a member of Fatah Central Committee and the chief of its delegation to the reconciliation talks with Hamas, said that rival groups will discuss the controversial issues — general elections, the reforming of Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and the security. The political unity was severed since Hamas routed Fatah in deadly fighting in Gaza in 2007.

Al-Ahmad said that two movements haven't yet agreed on the place and the date of the meeting.

He hoped that this meeting would be the last one before "Hamas goes to Cairo to sign the Egyptian document," referring to an Egyptian-drafted plan to broker national Palestinian reconciliation last year which was rejected by Hamas.

According to the official, Fatah received "confirmations" from Hamas leadership that the upcoming meeting "would be a meeting of agreement, instead of more discussions."

Representatives of the two parties met in the Syrian capital of Damascus on mid-November in yet another attempt to solve the crisis, but failed to reach agreement over the main sticking point: security.

In late September, the two movements reached a paper of "understandings" in a meeting held in Damascus related to the restructure of the PLO and general elections.

Hamas officials had earlier announced that they were looking for forming a highest security committee to be in charge of reforming the security forces of the Palestinian Authority.

However, Abbas had announced earlier that the issue of security can never be shared between Hamas and Fatah, and it must be independent.