Israeli Defense Minister Yitzhak Mordechai held talks in Paris regarding an Israeli proposal to withdraw its troops from southern Lebanon in exchange for a security guarantee from Lebanon to maintain quiet in the area. French officials were reportedly pessimistic about the feasibility of implementing the arrangement outside the framework of a peace agreement that would also include Syria.
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