Saniora”s Five Requests to Rice
Premier-designate Fouad Saniora raised with visiting U.S. Secretary Condoleezza Rice five main topics, sources close to his office said Monday.
The first item discussed by Saniora focused on the need for U.S. pressure on Israel to withdraw from Shebaa Farms and place the territory under the guardianship of the United Nations.
Saniora also asked for persisting U.S. backing to Lebanon, its independence, sovereignty and democratic system, the sources said.
The premier-designate asked for U.S. backing to the Lebanese army and internal security forces.
Saniora also asked for economic support to Lebanon and support by donor states to the rebuilding of the Nahr al-Bared Palestinian refugee camp, the sources added.