SPA -- Palestinian Foreign Minister Nabil Shaath said Monday he hoped Hamas and other Palestinian groups would agree to a cease-fire within days to save prospects for peace in the Middle East. "We would like to see Hamas and other Palestinian factions to commit themselves to a cease-fire," Shaath said. "I hope we'll get some answers tomorrow." He said Egypt and the Palestinian Authority were holding "very serious negotiations" with various Palestinian factions including Hamas, to save the Mideast "road map" peace plan. Shaath spoke after meeting foreign ministers from the European Union, which drafted the peace plan along with the United States, Russia and the United Nations.
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