U.S. Working Closely With France For A Middle East Resolution
Matthew Borghese - All Headline News Staff Writer Washington, D.C. (AHN) - In a briefing from the U.S. Department of State, the Bush Administration continues to outline its objectives in a feasible ceasefire between Israel and Lebanon. Department of State spokesman, Sean McCormack, explains, "We are working away up at the Security Council with the French as well as other members... and we are working very well with the French." "Our view from the very beginning has been that we do not want to create a vacuum in southern Lebanon and you also do not want to have foreign forces in Lebanon. The Israelis agree on that. The Lebanese agree on that. Everybody shares that view." "These are very difficult situations... we would also urge the Israeli Government to do everything that they possibly can on the humanitarian front... and we're also concerned about the plight of the Israeli people in the north of Israel who are subject to rocket attacks and the threat of violence emanating from southern Lebanon from Hezbollah. So these are all very much on our mind." McCormack adds that Secretary Rice "is devoting a considerable amount of time to this, as well as other people in this building and up in New York, as well as in capitals around the world.
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