By Prensa Latina,

Ramallah : Former US President James Carter said on Monday that the Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, could accept a peace agreement with Israel negotiated by Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas.

After meeting with Hamas leaders in Damascus, Syria, Carter said that Hamas would also admit the creation of a Palestinian State in the borders prior to the Six Days War in June 1967.

According to the US politician, the Islamic Resistance Movement would accept a peace deal, even without agreeing with all its points, but whenever the Palestinian people accept it through a referendum.

However, the spokesman of the Islamic movement, Sami Abu Zuhri, stressed that Carter's comments do not mean that Hamas will accept the result of the plebiscite.

Sources close to the meeting said that Carter's agenda also included a way to reach an Israeli Army truce with Gaza Strip and the