A senior Islamic Hamas movement official said on Wednesday that Egypt has officially invited the movement to Cairo by the end of next week to resume the inter-reconciliation Palestinian dialogue.

Taher el-Noono, the spokesman of deposed Hamas government, told reporters that the movement has officially received an Egyptian invitation to resume the second round of dialogue by the end of next week.

The second round of dialogue would focus on resolving differences related to forming the new interim unity government and the system of the upcoming Palestinian elections.

Meanwhile, Hamas movement has earlier denied reports that rival Palestinian factions will sign a reconciliation and unity deal in Cairo early next month.

"The reports that the agreement will be signed on April 4 are untrue," said Fawzi Barhoum, a spokesman based in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip.

"The dialogue is still in its early phases; the first round has ended and we are waiting to start a new round of talks," he added.

The first round of the Egyptian-sponsored dialogue ended last week and the Palestinian factions agreed on forming a transitional government and holding parliamentary and presidential elections by January 2010.

Barhoum said the new talks will focus on reaching an agreement on three issues: the program of the government, the reforming of the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and the politically-motivated arrests that Fatah conducts against Hamas people in West Bank while Hamas conducts against Fatah supporters in the Gaza Strip.

The government is sought to replace Hamas' administration of Gaza Strip and the western-backed government of West Bank that President Mahmoud Abbas formed in 2007 after his forces lost control of the Gaza Strip.

Barhoum said the date to start the second round of the dialogue was not set yet. "The preparations for the second meetings are subject to the host country (Egypt)."

Meanwhile, a Hamas official revealed that the United States was intervening in the dialogue.

"America puts pressure regarding the political arrests in West Bank, as they say these detentions are part of the security plan against the terrorist elements," said the official Ali Baraka.

(Xinhua News Agency March 26, 2009)