"Syria defied Western pressure on Sunday over its support for the militant group Hezbollah and said it would not act as a policeman for Israel to prevent weapons from reaching the Lebanese Shi'ite movement.......
Syrian President Bashar Assad met with French Foreign Minister Bernard Kouchner in Damascus earlier Sunday and urged the West to "break its silence" in the face of Israeli "aggression" in the Middle East.... "The region has changed and the West's policy in the area is no longer acceptable, keeping silent over Israeli violations is no longer acceptable," Assad told Kouchner, ......."If the West wants security and stability to be established in the Middle East, [it] must start to play an effective role to contain Israel and put an end to its extremist policies," Assad said...
Kouchner also told Assad that France was concerned about reports of Hezbollah rearmament. Assad responded by saying that Syria, Iran and Hezbollah were not interested in beginning a new war with Israel, a French diplomatic source told AFP. The official told AFP that Kouchner urged Assad to ensure that no weapons be transferred from Syria to Hezbollah...."
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