The State Department refused to confirm reports today that Lebanon has set a deadline for completing its negotiations with Israel. But the Department denied that there was any deadline.
When asked specifically whether there was a deadline, Department spokesman John Hughes replied: “Not in our sense of the word. Our position has been that we want the speediest possible withdrawal of all foreign forces from Lebanon.”
He said special envoys Philip Habib and Morris Draper are in Israel today and that the tripartite negotiations between Israel, Lebanon and the U.S. are “going forward” and will continue to do so.
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