Hariri to meet with Albright Friday

Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri headed to New York yesterday to participate in meetings of the United Nations General Assembly. He will deliver Lebanon's address before the U.N. on Wednesday, then he will meet with US Secretary of State Madeleine Albright in Washington on Friday.

Lebanese diplomatic sources told ArabicNews.com today that Hariri will inform Albright of a detailed report of Israeli violations and the repeated shelling of the Lebanese south and the Bekaa, strikes against Lebanese cities and daily threats from Israeli airplanes.

Hariri will call on Albright to pressure Israel to restart the peace process from the point at which it stopped and to implement UN resolution 423, calling for the immediate and unconditional withdrawal of the Israeli military from south Lebanon.