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07 March 2005
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Monday
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25 Muharram 1426
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Annan sends envoy to Beirut
By Our Correspondent
UNITED NATIONS, March 6: Secretary-General Kofi Annan is dispatching a senior envoy to the Middle East for talks on the withdrawal of Syrian forces from Lebanon, a spokesman announced on Saturday.
UN special envoy Terje Roed-Larsen would travel to Beirut and Damascus this week "to discuss with Lebanese and Syrian officials the full, complete and immediate implementation of Security Council Resolution 1,559," a spokesman for Mr Annan said in a statement.
The resolution calls for a pullout of all foreign forces from Lebanon as well as an end to all militias and the extension of government control over the whole country.
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