BRUSSELS (Reuters) - European Union foreign ministers agreed on Friday to back a Palestinian national unity government being formed by President Mahmoud Abbas with the Hamas Islamist movement, despite U.S. misgivings.
But they said it was too early to decide whether to resume direct aid to the cash-strapped Palestinian Authority and they agreed in the meantime to extend a temporary aid scheme bypassing Hamas for another three months.
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