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US envoy holds anti-terrorism talks in Beirut
Jan 15, 2010, 17:28 GMT
Beirut - US National Security Advisor James Jones held talks with senior Lebanese officials on Friday, focusing on cooperation to eradicate terrorism.
Jones held talks with President Michel Suleiman, parliament Speaker Nabih Berri and Premier Saad Hariri.
According to Lebanese media, Jones discussed 'US views on ways to deal with security problems and terrorism in the Middle East.'
A US embassy statement said Jones reiterated Washington's support for a sovereign and independent Lebanon and 'stressed that US efforts to achieve its goals in the Middle East, especially a comprehensive regional peace, will not come at Lebanon's expense.'
Jones ended his visit by laying a wreath at the US Embassy memorial bearing the names of the 337 people killed in service to the US government in Lebanon between 1976 and 1995, including victims of bomb attacks on the embassy and US Marine barracks in 1983 and 1984.
The US official headed to Turkey from Lebanon.
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