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AMMAN, Jordan — Former President Carter briefed Jordan’s king Sunday on his controversial talks with the exiled militant Hamas leader, a Royal Palace official said.
But King Abdullah II chose to focus their meeting on the faltering Israeli-Palestinian peace process rather than Carter’s dealings with Hamas, which has frosty relations with Jordan, said the official on condition of anonymity.
Carter held talks with Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal and his deputy in Syria on Friday and Saturday — defying U.S. and Israeli warnings that doing so would lend legitimacy to the militant group.
Carter will be in Jerusalem today for the final stop on his Mideast tour.
