Stockholm, Sweden, Sept 28, SPA -- Officials from Israel's moderateLabor Party and the ruling Palestinian Fatah faction metWednesday in the Swedish capital to discuss the future ofthe Gaza strip after the Israeli pullout. Palestinian Deputy Prime Minister Nabil Shaath and IsraeliCabinet Minister Haim Ramon led the two delegations in thesecond day of talks, which also included Sweden's governingSocial Democrats, party spokesman Manuel Ferrer said. The meeting was held at the headquarters of the SocialDemocratic Party in Stockholm. A similar meeting betweenthe three groups was held in January 2004, The Associated Press reported. The delegations were representing their political groups,rather than their governments. Fatah is Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas' party, whileLabor is a junior partner in Israeli Prime Minister ArielSharon's coalition government.--SPA1315 Local Time 1015 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/292783
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