BERLIN, May 17 (UPI) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel is angry that a minister from militant group Hamas visited Germany on a Schengen visa and met with lawmakers there.

"The chancellor has clearly expressed her anger over this incident," Thomas Steg, Merkel's deputy spokesman, Wednesday told his regular news conference. "This minister is an unwanted person in Germany."

Adwan on Tuesday met with Detlef Dzembritzki, a foreign policy expert of the Social Democrats, Merkel's partners in government, and two other unidentified parliament members, Die Welt writes in its Thursday issue.

Atef Adwan, Palestine's refugee minister, arrived in Germany from Norway on a Schengen visa issued by Sweden, despite Berlin's appeal to the Swedish government not to grant him one, Die Welt said.

A Schengen visa grants its bearer unrestricted travel within the European Union and other countries that have signed the Schengen accord.

Berlin will not establish contacts with Hamas unless it recognizes Israel, renounces violence and agrees to back the roadmap for peace, Steg added.

Adwan has since left Germany, Steg said.
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