Tuesday, June 10, 2008
Olmert 'wants Lebanon talks'
The Israeli prime minister has suggested that peace talks should be opened with Lebanon, following the resumption of negotiations with its neighbour Syria.
"Just as we started talks with Syria, I would hope it would be possible to start talks with Lebanon," an official quoted Ehud Olmert as saying in a cabinet meeting on Tuesday.
Israel and Syria announced last month that they had been holding indirect talks through Turkey.
Further meetings are expected for later this week, officials said.
However, a source, who spoke to the Reuters news agency on condition of anonymity, said that the prime minister "wasn't asking for talks with Lebanon" but was voicing his hope that conditions would emerge to enable negotiations. (Al Jazeera)
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