Chirac, Blair discuss the implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1559

The French Presidency announced that the French President Jacque Chirac and the British prime minister Tony Blair discussed in a telephone call yesterday the implementation of the UN Security Council resolution no. 1559 concerning Lebanon.

The two leaders also discussed "the situation in Iraq especially the reflections of Sharm al-Sheikh conference and the situation in the Middle East within the peace process context and the Palestinian elections due to be on January 9th, 2005.