| French envoy Jean-Claude Cousseran said Monday that his recent visit to Syria was not to negotiate with President Bashar Assad's regime, but to inform Damascus of the result of inter-Lebanese dialogue in Paris. Cousseran, talking to reporters after a meeting with Lebanon's Prime Minister Fouad Siniora in Beirut, said "I visited Syria to inform the authorities there of the talks and discussions held in France" nearly two weeks ago. "I did not undergo any negotiations in Syria. I did not go there to negotiate," he added.Cousseran, a former French Ambassador to Damascus, also held a "round of lengthy and important dialogue" with parliamentary majority leader Saad Hariri. The French Envoy quoted Hariri as saying the inter-Lebanese talks held in Paris earlier this month produced "positive results, although all the problems were not settled." |