LONDON, England (CNN) — The international community is willing to provide crucial aid to Palestinians if the new Hamas-led government commits to non-violence, recognizes Israel’s right to exist and accepts current Mideast peace agreements, U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan has said.
Annan made the statement Monday at the end of a meeting of the Mideast Quartet, composed of the United States, Russia, the European Union and the United Nations.
He described the session as a "very useful and constructive" meeting to discuss the rise of Hamas — long considered a terrorist organization by the West — in Palestinian politics.
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