Across Asia: Gaza

'No secret talks with Israel'

Deposed Hamas Prime Minister Ismail Haneya denied yesterday earlier statements of Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas which said Hamas is holding secret talks with Israel.

Haneya said he rejects the idea of establishing a statehood with temporary borders as a final solution to the conflict with Israel. He also said that Hamas strongly supports the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with full sovereignty and with Jerusalem as its capital without confiscating the rights of the coming Palestinian generation.