Gaza, Sep 20 (DPA) Palestinian Prime Minister Ismail Hainya rejected Wednesday international conditions for cooperating with a mooted Palestinian national unity cabinet.

"There will be no price that a national unity government will pay," he told health ministry employees demonstrating in support of the hardline stance of his Hamas party.

"This government will be formed in order to reinforce our legitimate rights and national principles," he added.

Earlier this week Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas suspended talks over the formation of a national unity government, after Haniya and other Hamas officials said that even as part of a national unity government the Hamas would not accept Israel's right to exist.

The US, Russia, Britain and the European Union have demanded Hamas recognise Israel, honour prior Israeli-Palestinian agreements and suspend violence, as a condition for cooperating with the Hamas-led Palestinian government.