More than $1 Billion Assistance a Sign that U.S. Won”t Abandon Lebanon
Ambassador Michele Sison said the U.S. has provided more than $1 billion worth of assistance to Lebanon and reiterated her country”s stance that any intervention by Syrian troops into Lebanon would be "unacceptable."
Sison also said in an interview with Kuwait”s al-Rai newspaper that Syria should demarcate the border with Lebanon and respect U.N. Security Council Resolution 1701.
She said the establishment of diplomatic ties between Beirut and Damascus were a "positive step" but there were still pending issues.
Sison told the newspaper that the U.S. would not drop its support to Lebanon even after the election of a new president because it has spent over $1 billion on the Mideast country in the past few years.