Lebanon: US skepticism about French overture to Syria
Beirut - The United States expressed skepticism Wednesday over France's decision to send a top diplomat for talks with Syria, Washington's arch enemy.
"There have been a number of different attempts at outreach by a number of different countries and different envoys to convince Syria that it should change its behavior," said State Department spokesman Sean McCormack.
"We are still waiting for that to happen."
Paris sent ex-envoy to Syria Jean-Claude Cousseran to Damascus this week in the first high-level contact between the two countries in more than two years.
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Thursday, July 19, 2007
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