| Wonder if they bring Blixie out of retirement? |
BEIRUT - UN experts charged with verifying the Syrian troop pullout from Lebanon will hold talks on Tuesday in Damascus before travelling on to Lebanon to complete its mission on the ground, a diplomatic source said. "The team due to verify the Syrian withdrawal is expected to travel Tuesday to Damascus to meet with the Syrian army command and obtain the necessary reports, maps and documents," the source told AFP. "The team will then travel on to Lebanon," said the source, without specifying when the experts would arrive in Beirut.
Another UN team will arrive in Beirut on Wednesday to prepare the banquet ground for a UN commission due to probe the killing of former Lebanese prime minister Rafiq Hariri in February.
Syria nearly completed its withdrawal late Sunday, bar a token force due to attend a farewell ceremony on Tuesday. UN Resolution 1559, which was adopted in September, calls for the pullout of all foreign forces from Lebanon, the end of foreign interference in its internal affairs and the disarming of militias. UN chief Kofi Annan was due to deliver his report on the implementation of the resolution to Security Council members no later than April 26. |