President Sleiman met his counterpart, Bashar al Assad in Paris at the Union for the Mediterranean. It was agreed to [finally] establish diplomatic ties between the two countries. If that will indeed happen at some point in the future, it's an important step in the right direction. President Sarkozy hailed it as a victory, but it is too soon to know.
The Lebanese President also met with UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to discuss the implementation of the UN resolutions [1559, 1701, 1757]. Sleiman is looking to solve the issue of the Shebaa farms through UN. I doubt Syria accepts it. Hizballah already said that international control over Lebanese land is not acceptable. I bet its not, since they’d lose one of their excuses to hold on to weapons. No one wants UN or NATO in his/her country, but when everything else fails, there are only two solutions: status quo till the end of the days or take the bull by the horns and ask for immediate international supervision and control.
I loved the way Sarkozy said that the Union, the idea he pushed for quite a while now, is going to help countries learn to love each other. Yeah right! They are in it for the economic gains and political calculations. What's with the melodrama, anyway?
Meanwhile, the Lebanese army intelligence has proof of Hizballah's mountain deployments. Poor guys, I am sure they lost their way, and thought they reached Israel instead of the Sannine area. You can read more at Blacksmiths of Lebanon.
Update: Debka site found out that “Hizbullah has set up radar-guided missile positions in Mount Sannine, commandeering the 7,800-foot mountain range.” Israel has reasons to believe that Hizballah is getting ready for new attacks right after the prisoner swap that will take place on Wednesday.
