Syrian and Lebanese officials gave a reserved reaction to reports that Israeli Prime Minister-elect Ehud Barak plans to revive peace negotiations with the two countries. Lebanese Prime Minister Salim Hoss rejected the possibility of reaching an interim arrangement for the withdrawal of Israeli troops from southern Lebanon concurrent with the start of peace talks. A Syrian state newspaper said Syria would settle for nothing less than the return of the Golan Heights to the border that existed before the 1967 Six-Day War.
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