June 28, 2003	Saturday	Rabi-us-Sani 27,1424

BEIRUT, June 27: The authors of the roadmap for peace in the Middle East want to extend the plan to bring an end to the conflicts involving Israel, Lebanon and Syria, a United Nations official said on Friday.

After talks with Lebanese leader Emile Lahoud, UN regional envoy Terje Roed-Larsen said the quartet of the UN, United States, Russia and the European Union, which drew up the plan, want to see it as an all-embracing blueprint for peace in the region.—AFP