Hamas says won't declare failure of Shalit talks

A senior Hamas official has rejected claims that his organization would soon declare talks for kidnapped soldier Gilad Shalit a failure.

"The declaration of the deal having failed means the end of the German mediator's office, and this is not in anybody's interest," he said in an interview with the London-based Al-Hayat. He added that despite difficulties in the talks, "the German mediator has not yet fulfilled his function, so we cannot declare them a failure".

Source: Ynetnews.
Link: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3834226,00.html.