France wants EU meeting over Lebanon force - Swaha Pattanaik
PARIS (Reuters) - France called on Sunday for a European Union meeting next week to co-ordinate what member countries plan to do about a U.N. force for Lebanon. "We ask that European solidarity is expressed as soon as possible about Lebanon," Foreign Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy told France Info radio, adding he had asked EU president Finland to call a meeting in Brussels early next week. France wanted "to know what our different European partners count on doing as quickly as possible about Lebanon", he said.
A Finnish official said France was asking for a meeting of the EU's Political and Security Committee on Wednesday. "The meeting is to discuss what the countries are going to do in Lebanon. Even though it's not an EU mission, it's to coordinate what different EU countries are going to do," said Susanna Parkkonen, spokeswoman for Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja. She said those attending would be diplomats, and possibly military specialists, from the 25 member states. No foreign ministers were expected to attend.
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