In n interview with Al-Arabiya TV, Mahmoud Abbas, President of Palestinian government, said: The Iranian regime has ties with groups opposing us, and it is intended to maintain such ties.

In answer to the question whether he had met with the Iranian officials during Damascus conference, Abbas said: Absolutely not; although they were present in the Damascus meeting, but we had no meeting; our relation with the regime is not as we want. To be frank, the Iranian regime has more relations with groups opposing us than with us.