Fillon: Lebanon's Problems Can't Be Solved without Dialogue with Syria

"French Prime Minister Francois Fillon said Monday that France is committed to protecting Lebanon's sovereignty and will continue to support its stability, but cautioned Lebanon that its problems cannot be solved without dialogue with Syria.

"It is illusionary to think that all regional problems, including Lebanon, can be solved without dialogue with the Syrians or with countries that have influence over the situation," Fillon said at the end of his Lebanon visit. 

"Our dialogue with Damascus is honest and uncompromising," he told reporters at a press conference..."