Acting Palestinian Authority (PA) Chief Mahmoud Abbas has arrived in Ankara for a two-day visit and is scheduled to meet Turkish prime minister and president, Press TV reported.
In his meeting with Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan on Monday, he will focus on various issues, including bilateral relations, the latest situation in the Palestinian territories and the stalled Middle East talks, Anatolia news agency quoted Abbas' office as saying on Sunday.
In his talks with President Abdullah Gul, the two leaders will preside over discussions between their delegations and are expected to hold a joint press conference as well.
The latest visit is Abbas' third visit to Turkey this year.
Abbas said on Friday that he can no longer accept the status quo and has raised the prospect of dissolving the Palestinian Authority.
He said that if the US-sponsored talks, which began on September 2 but were stalled three weeks later, fail and the world refuses to recognize a Palestinian state, then he will be forced to take such a step.
Turkey has also pressed for healing the rift between Abbas' Fatah faction and Hamas in the Gaza Strip and urged that the latter should not be excluded from the direct talks.
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