South Africa invited Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh on Thursday for an official visit, in what would be his first trip outside the Muslim world.
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"We stand by you and support you," Kasrils said of the new Palestinian unity government, a coalition of Hamas and the Fatah movement of Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas.
"We in South Africa look forward to you being able to lead a delegation to our country," Kasrils told Haniyeh at a joint news conference. Haniyeh accepted the invitation, but no date was set for a trip.
Another government official from Hamas, Mohammed Madhoun, told a pro-Hamas news Web site that Haniyeh planned to visit South Africa as a part of a tour to Malaysia, Indonesia and Turkey. Haniyeh may also informally visit Switzerland at the invitation of a civil society group, Madhoun said.
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