Rice vows continued pressure on Syria
Syria-Lebanon-USA, Politics, 1/6/2006

The US Secretary Of State, Condaleezza Rice, on Thursday renewed her call on Syria to abide by the demands set by the UN investigation committee. She said that the pressure on Syria will not be lessened until the facts about the assassination of Rafiq al-Hariri are disclosed and Syria's "full cooperation."

Rice expressed satisfaction that the international community made it clear to Syria that it is better for her to collaborate, saying that what had happened to Hariri should be known to end the fear that dominates the Lebanese people from the practices of the Syrian forces or forces supporting Syria, either from acts of revenge over the investigation on the Hariri murder or just for the sake of implanting fear.

Rice's call coincided with the call made by the British foreign office secretary Jack Straw, who visited Beirut on Wednesday, where he called for full cooperation from Damascus and respecting Lebanon's sovereignty.

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