"Пренебрегването на "Хамас", които влязоха в [палестинския] парламент в резултат на демократични избори, прави невъзможно решаването на палестинския проблем...
"Ignoring Hamas, who entered the [Palestinian] Parliament as a result of democratic elections, makes it impossible to solve the Palestinian problem… For that reason we organize meetings," he said, adding that other countries' characterization of Hamas as a terrorist organization "has nothing to do with us".