Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai and Foreign Minister Ariel Sharon joined the Middle East summit near Washington. A day before attending the talks, Sharon discussed Israel’s security concerns with Jordan’s King Hussein at the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota, where the monarch is being treated for lymphatic cancer. Sharon later said Hussein approved of his recent appointment as foreign minister.
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