Islamic Hamas movement will meet Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas's envoys in the Gaza Strip to discuss reconciliation.

"The meeting today comes to pave the way for more meetings," said Hamas spokesman Fawzi Barhoum.

The senior members of Abbas's Fatah movement, Abdalla al-Ifranji and Marwan Abdel Hamid, arrived in the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip Tuesday and Hamas said their visit was arranged with the Gaza Islamic rulers.

The visit comes nearly one month after Egypt succeeded to bring Hamas and Fatah into dialogue in a bid to end the internal Palestinian crisis and the political split between Gaza Strip and West Bank, boosted in 2007 after Hamas routed pro-Abbas forces and ousted his long-dominant movement in Gaza.

"The meetings aim at exploring the views, overcoming obstacles and bridging the gaps between the two sides, especially in the outstanding issues," Barhoum added.

On Monday, al-Ifranji said their visit and the talks they will hold in Gaza "won't be an alternative to the dialogue in Cairo," and this visit aims at deepening the dialogue and to give a positive push to the dialogue in Cairo.

In Cairo talks, Hamas and Fatah agreed on forming a unity government and holding elections later by January 2010 but they failed to agree on the government's political program and the electoral law.

Egypt put off the third round of the dialogue to April 26. According to Barhoum, the meeting on Tuesday would try to prepare for the upcoming wider meeting in Cairo.