Negotiations on the exchange of Gida Shalit are far from the end, said the leader of Hamas

Negotiations on the exchange of Israeli Corporal Gida Shalit at the Palestinian prisoners in Israel are in the initial stage, the head of the Khamas Politburo told reporters in Cairo.

He confirmed that Germany with the knowledge of Egypt connected to this dossier as an intermediary. “We still have to go a long way,” Mashaal said, following the results of negotiations with the Egyptian leadership and Secretary General of the League of the Arab states.

According to the leader of Hamas, the parties have not yet begun to discuss the details of the exchange, in particular, the names of the Palestinians who will have to be released, RIA Novosti reports.

The Israeli tanker Gilan Shalit on June 25, 2006 was captured on the border with the gas sector. He was captured by the militants of the Hamas movement and two other Palestinian groups for the exchange for Palestinians in Israeli prisons.

Egypt acts as an intermediary in negotiations on his release. "Hamas" and Israel periodically accuse each other of disrupting the agreement on the exchange of prisoners.