The fifth-round internal Palestinian reconciliation dialogue ended in Cairo on Monday yielding slight progress, which is far from enough for clinching an agreement.

Slight progress has been achieved in this round of dialogue between Fatah and Hamas, Nabil Shaath, a senior Fatah movement official, told President Mahmoud Abbas, local report said.

"But the progress is not enough for an agreement," Shaath said right after the fifth round of dialogue ended in Cairo on Monday without reaching any agreement or resolving any substantial issues related to security and a unity government.

Shaath confirmed that another comprehensive meeting was agreed to be held on July 5 with the participation of all factions, including Fatah and Hamas.

He expected an agreement to be signed on July 7.

He also said that a final statement related to the three-day meeting held in Cairo since Saturday will be issued soon by Egypt.

Shaath said the final draft of the agreement will be discussed in the comprehensive meeting to be held in July, which will include the chiefs of all factions, including Fatah and Hamas movement.

The agreement will be signed on July 7 in Cairo, said Shaath, adding that Egypt would send on July 7 a committee of Egyptian and Arab security officers to the Gaza Strip to observe the implementation of the agreement.

Meanwhile, an Islamic Hamas movement negotiator accused Israel and the United State of trying to block a reconciliation agreement with rival Fatah movement of Abbas.

Izzat al-Resheq, a Damascus-based Hamas leader, told local news website that there are several factors, which hinder the parties to reach an agreement, among which is the attempt of Israel and the United States to block a deal.

Al-Resheq complained that the inter-dialogue, mainly with rival Fatah movement "has taken a long time and it goes so slow with delay."

During the fifth round of reconciliation talks, rival Fatah and Hamas have agreed Sunday to form joint security forces in the Gaza Strip controlled by Hamas since June 2007, said Shaath.

Hamas and Fatah agreed to form joint security forces in Gaza, which will be in charge of the security service in Gaza until January, Shaath said in a statement at the end of the of Sunday's talks.

The fifth round of Hamas-Fatah movements talks kicked off in Egypt's capital Saturday afternoon.

On Sunday, rival Hamas and Fatah movements decided to extend the fifth round of talks initially set for Saturday and Sunday, by another day to debate on the outstanding issues, mainly security and government.

According to delegates of the two sides, the major topic of this round was related to forming a joint governing body that ends the rift between Hamas-ruled Gaza and Fatah-dominated West Bank.

The two parties have yet to agree on the political platform of a proposed unity government acceptable to the international community.

Egypt has said that it will continue to sponsor the dialogue and create proper atmosphere to end the current political rift between Fatah and Hamas.

(Xinhua News Agency May 19, 2009)