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U.S.: No deal with Syria or anyone else at Lebanon's expense
U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Middle Eastern Affairs David Welch said Washington would not cut a deal with Syria or any other country at Lebanon's expense. The daily An Nahar on Thursday quoted Welch as saying that a conference in Damascus aimed at restoring security in Iraq does not reflect a change in policy towards Syria.Welch was referring to a two-day meeting which opened in Damascus on Wednesday and which groups delegates from Iraq's neighbors and the global community, including the United States and its arch-foe Iran. Welch assured the Lebanese that there was "no need for concern" over the possibility that the U.S. would discuss Lebanon during the Iraqi conference. "There is no deal at Lebanon's expense," Welch told An Nahar's Washington correspondent Hisham Melhim in Arabic. Posted by: Fred 2007-08-10 |
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