Patriarch Sfeir meets Bush today

Lebanese delegation expects US to back Lebanon in claiming full sovereignty from Syria. It also seeks US support to get the Shebaa Farms area from Israel, whose occupation has given Hezbollah a pretext to remain armed.

Beirut (AsiaNews) – US President George W. Bush will receive Maronite Patriarch Nassrallah Sfeir at 1:40 pm today (GMT -5) in the White House. Sources close to the Patriarch told AsiaNews that the prelate will talk to the President about his country’s current crisis as well as the relevant facts that led to it: civil war and its causes, foreign involvement, the Taef Agreement and the failed planned Syrian pullout. He will also inform Mr Bush of what his country expects from the United States, namely help to regain its independence and sovereignty and support to take its place in the concert of free nations.

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