'Dominican Republic President Leonel Fernandez and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas signed an agreement Tuesday to establish diplomatic ties, the leaders said in a joint statement released by Fernandez's office. Fernandez and Abbas met at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh ahead of the Non-Aligned Movement, or NAM, summit that begins Wednesday, the statement read. The two leaders said the gesture would be "the step prior to the construction of friendship and cooperation," and that they would name diplomatic representatives before the end of the year.

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