The liberal website Elaph reports on a meeting to be held July 16 in Damascus between Saudi King Abdallah, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, and Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad.
Elaph said that the meeting was made possible by Saudi mediation efforts, supported by a French delegation headed by presidency director-general Claude Guéant, who visited Damascus this week.
Elaph reported that Lebanon's prime-minister designate Sa'd al-Hariri and Al-Assad will meet separately, and only after the Lebanese government is formed, which will require the opposition March 8 Forces to make concessions on weapons and the resistance and their right of veto in the government.
The London daily Al-Quds Al-Arabi noted that the agreements between France and Syria on Lebanon are greater than the understandings between Saudi Arabia and Syria, and attributed this to the determined Saudi attitude on Hizbullah.
Sources: Elaph.com and Al-Quds Al-Arabi, London, July 1, 2009
