World IN BRIEF : ISRAEL : Direct Talks With Jordan Not Likely
From Times Staff and Wire Reports
Hopes that Jordan’s King Hussein would cross the border for breakthrough talks with Israel were dashed when a Jordanian official said the monarch seeks dialogue as part of a regional peace conference. Israeli officials had welcomed a published interview quoting the king as saying the time is nearly ripe for face-to-face contacts between Arabs and Israelis. But a palace spokesman in Jordan said the king did not call for direct talks outside of a Mideast peace conference proposed by the Arabs.
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