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America and France join forces to condemn Syria

America and France today issued a joint demand for Syria to pull its troops and spies out of Lebanon.

The initiative by Condoleeza Rice, the US Secretary of State, and Michel Barnier, the French Foreign Minister, came the day after the entire Lebanese cabinet resigned in the face of mass public protests against Syrian influence in Lebanese affairs.

In a sign of warming relations between France and America, the two countries issued a joint statement to condemn Syrian interference in Lebanon, and held a press conference to explain their position.

They spoke at a London conference on Middle East peace attended by 30 countries, but to which Syria had not been invited - in itself evidence of Syria’s increasing isolation on the world stage.


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