Palestinian president assigns long-time adviser to form new Palestinian gov't
RAMALLAH, March 10 (Xinhua) -- news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmgnbc9b106b5428398/index.html" target="_blank">Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas officially assigned on Sunday his long-time adviser Mohammed Shtayyeh to form the news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmgnbc9b106b5428398/index.html" target="_blank">Palestinian news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xgkzg6e6c9c496e3149a/index.html" target="_blank">government, the official news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmgnbc9b106b5428398/index.html" target="_blank">Palestinian news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news agency WAFA reported.
The assignment came after the Fatah Central Committee recommended Shtayyeh, also a committee member, form the news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xgkzg6e6c9c496e3149a/index.html" target="_blank">government as successor of former Prime Minister Rami Hamdallah.
Abbas accepted the resignation of Hamdallah on Jan. 29 and asked him to serve as acting prime minister until the formation of a news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xgkzg6e6c9c496e3149a/index.html" target="_blank">government, according to WAFA.
Shtayyeh's news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xgkzg6e6c9c496e3149a/index.html" target="_blank">government will be the 18th news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmgnbc9b106b5428398/index.html" target="_blank">Palestinian news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xgkzg6e6c9c496e3149a/index.html" target="_blank">government in the history of the news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmgnbc9b106b5428398/index.html" target="_blank">Palestinian Authority which was formed in accordance to Oslo peace accords signed between the news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmgnbc9b106b5428398/index.html" target="_blank">Palestinians and Israel in 1993.
Senior Fatah officials said the formation of a news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xgkzg6e6c9c496e3149a/index.html" target="_blank">government is aimed at increasing the pressure for news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">new elections and ending the internal news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmgnbc9b106b5428398/index.html" target="_blank">Palestinian division that began after Islamic Hamas movement seized control of the Gaza Strip in 2007.
Born in 1958 in the West Bank, Shtayyeh was the former minister of public work and housing in the news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmgnbc9b106b5428398/index.html" target="_blank">Palestinian Authority. He is also an academic, economic expert and former member in the news.cn/en/tag/i0xngaj3163f76200c981b/index.html" target="_blank">news.cn/en/tag/i0xkmgnbc9b106b5428398/index.html" target="_blank">Palestinian peace negotiations team with Israel. Enditem
