A Hamas delegation visiting Cairo this week said a positive climate surrounded “comprehensive and constructive talks” over the reconciliation between the Palestinian factions, political developments of the Palestinian cause and the humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip. A Hamas delegation led by Saleh al-Arouri, deputy head of the movement’s political bureau and other group officials including Mosa Abo Marzok, Khalil Al-Hayya, Hossam Badran, Ezzat Al-Rishq and Rohi Mushtaha, concluded Friday a new round of talks with Egyptian intelligence chief Abbas Kamel in Cairo. The delegation’s four-day meetings discussed Egypt’s support for measures aimed at easing the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and Palestinian reconciliation. A statement issued by the delegation on Friday said the Hamas round of talks involved mechanisms to unite the Palestinian rank. Senior Hamas official Mosa Abo Marzuk described the Cairo round of talks as "the most important and comprehensive in terms of topics discussed." Asharq Al-Awsat learned on Friday that the Hamas delegation expressed its hope to achieve reconciliation and Palestinian national unity on a basis of partnership in resistance and decision-making, adding that the best means for achieving unity includes immediately lifting sanctions imposed by the Palestinian Authority on Hamas. The delegation reiterated their hopes for reassembling the Palestinian Liberation Organisation (PLO) through a new national unity council according to the outcomes of the meeting of Palestinian factions in Beirut in 2017, as well as a full and comprehensive execution of Cairo’s 2011 agreement between the factions without any redaction or selectivity. An Egyptian source informed about the Palestinian reconciliation file said “a positive, brotherly and frank atmosphere prevailed at the meeting in Cairo.” The source praised the firm position of Egypt in supporting the rights of the Palestinian people, mainly their right of return and establishing an independent Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.