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A delegation of opposition MPs headed to Brussels on Tuesday to seek international support for demands of a complete Syrian withdrawal from Lebanon. The delegation, also expected to visit Paris later in the week, includes Chouf MP Marwan Hamade, Tripoli MP Mosbah Ahdab, Beirut MPs Ghattas Khoury and Mohammed Qabbani, Zghorta MP Nayla Mouawad, Koura MP Farid Makari, Kesrouan MP Neamatallah Abi Nasr and Minnieh MP Ahmed Fatfat. Leading opposition member Metn MP Nassib Lahoud headed to France Tuesday morning.This trip comes as opposition leader Walid Jumblatt - who met with German Foreign Minister Joschka Fischer in Berlin on Tuesday - is on a tour that has already taken him to Kuwait and Saudi Arabia. He is expected to travel to Russia by the end of the week. Before departing, Khoury said that the opposition will present their vision to solve the current crisis in Lebanon."We want to convince the international public opinion that the Lebanese people can govern themselves and live in peace without any foreign interference."
As to whether the delegation's initiative could be viewed as a search for foreign backup, Khoury said: "The world has become a global village and the Lebanese cause has become part of people's discussions around the world." "Let's remember that the initial decision for Syrian troops to enter Lebanon [in 1976] was international."