Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is set to meet with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Qatar on Sunday

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas is set to meet with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Qatar on Sunday, AFP quoted Fatah party spokesman Azzam al-Ahmad as saying.

According to Ahmad, the two Palestinian leaders will negotiate potential "reconciliation measures" with the goal of forming a unity government. They will also discuss issues resulting from the "failure of talks” with the Zionist entity.

Israeli and Palestinian negotiators met in Jordan in January on five occasions. The Palestinians are expected to decide by the middle of the month whether to continue this channel of talks. The Israeli enemy and the Quartet are in the process of assembling a package of economic gestures to keep the Palestinians directly engaged in low-level talks in Jordan.

Ahmad also said that a meeting originally scheduled for February 2 had been delayed indefinitely, according to AFP.