Abou Faour Hails New Hard-line French Policy

MP Wael Abou Faour has hailed the escalating international pressures on Syria aiming at easing the political impasse in Lebanon.

 

“These comments express the disillusionment of the Arab world and the international community about the chances of agreeing anything positive with the Syrian regime,” Abou Faour said Sunday.

 

He noted that French President Nicolas Sarkozy”s comments in Egypt “put things back to square one regarding the relationship of the Syrian regime with more than one Arab and regional party”.

 

The Social Progressive Party MP stressed that “Lebanon is the Arabs” responsibility,” and called for an “affective Arab role” in the international attempts to urge Syria into convincing its allies in Lebanon for electing a new head of state.

 

France “will have no more contact with Syria… until we have proof of Syrian willingness to let Lebanon appoint a president by consensus,” Sarkozy told journalists after talks in Cairo with Egyptian President Husni Mubarak.