Hamas spokesperson, Taher Al-Nono has welcomed the reconciliation agreement signed on Wednesday in Cairo.

Hamas and Fatah signed with first initial an agreement "which settles all pending issues" between the two leading Palestinian factions.

Al-Nono told Ahram Online that the agreement was preceded by several separate meetings between Egyptians and representatives from each faction.

"The final agreement will be signed shortly in Cairo, in the presence of all Palestinian factions," he added, without fixing a date for the ceremony.