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BEIRUT, Nov 5 (KUNA) -- French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner held talks
with Lebanese officials Friday and reaffirmed support to the country's
stability.
President Michel Suleiman received Kouchner and discussed ways of further
cementing bilateral relations, a statement by the Presidential Palace said.
Kouchner conveyed a message that France was fully behind Lebanon and
President Suleiman, it said.
Koucher, who arrived here earlier today, is due to meet Prime Minister Saad
Hariri, Maronite Patriarch Cardinal Nasrallah Butrus Safir and Foreign
Minister Ali Al-Shami and representatives of Lebanese political parties.
Lebanese Parliament speaker Nabih Berri visited France last week and met
with President Nicolas Sarkozy and Kouchner, and discussed the special
international tribunal investigating the assassination of Lebanese Prime
Minister Rafik Hariri. (pickup previous)
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