Daily Star:Saudi ambassador: al-Assad 'basically agrees' to Lebanese demands

The Lebanese Daily Star said "Saudi Ambassador to the US Prince Turki al-Faisal said that while the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia was mediating between Lebanon and Syria, Hizbullah has been pressing for demarcating the Lebanese-Syrian border, promoting diplomatic relations between Lebanon and Syria and barring Syrian security interference in Lebanon."

Daily Star said "Al-Faisal also announced that Syrian President Bashar Assad informed Saudi King Abdullah Bin Abdel-Aziz and Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak that he 'basically agrees' to these demands."

Daily Star reported that "al-Faisal said a request for Saudi intervention was made two months ago by Premier Fouad Siniora after the Lebanese government was paralyzed with the suspension of the Shiite ministers' participation in Cabinet and by the pressure on President Emile Lahoud to hand in his resignation. Al-Faisal added that Siniora asked the Saudi kingdom to convince Syria about the necessity of approving Lebanon's demands."