Blair: We'll talk to Hamas-led gov't if meets Quartet demands

Britain would be willing to negotiate with a Hamas-led Palestinian government if it meets international demands that it renounce violence and recognize Israel, British Prime Minister Tony Blair said Monday.

Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas and negotiators from the ruling militant Hamas movement have reached agreement in principle on forming a government of technocrats, a Hamas cabinet minister said Monday.

Blair said Britain would work with such a government if it met the demands the Quartet of would-be peacemakers has been making for months.

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