The Egypt-brokered inter-Palestinian national unity dialogue resumed here on Wednesday in a bid to deal with the pending issues of the Palestinian reconciliation.

The meeting on Wednesday was held between representatives of rival Fatah and Hamas movements, the Egyptian MENA news agency reported.

The new round of Palestinian unity talks will focus on the pending issues, particularly the formation of a new government with a broad support of the international community.

More Palestinian groups are expected to join in the talks once the two prime Palestinian factions reached a consensus on the pending issues.

In the presence of Egyptian intelligence chief Omar Suleiman, the meeting was attended by Fatah delegation led by Ahmed Qurie and Hamas delegation by Moussa Abu Marzouk.

Besides the formation and the programs of the would-be government, they will also discuss the issues related to "the transitional formula for security, participation in the Palestinian Liberation Organization's (PLO) and the elections law."

In the first round of the Egypt-brokered Palestinian unity talks in late February, rival Palestinian factions agreed to form five committees to work on issues related to the Palestinian reconciliation process.

In the second round of the meetings on March 10-19, the Palestinian committees began to discuss the issues of forming a national unity government, reforming the security services, holding elections, reforming the PLO and pushing forward the reconciliation.

The Palestinian groups suspended their talks on March 19 without reaching a major breakthrough on pending issues, including the formation of a unity government.

However, the factions have agreed on the nature of the government "to be a transitional national unity one," though the composition and the platforms of the future government has not be settled.

Nabil Shaath, Fatah's central committee member and head of the group's delegation to Cairo, has said the new round of talks will be "decisive."