US says Lebanon talks not a failure

[TomInTib]

Boy, that's some real progress. "It's not a failure, and I really mean that"

ROME (Reuters) - The United States rejected suggestions on Wednesday that talks on Lebanon had failed after a joint declaration stopped short of calling for an immediate ceasefire between Israel and Hizbollah guerrillas.

World diplomats at the meeting, following long discussions over the wording, instead agreed in their declaration to "work immediately to reach with the utmost urgency" a ceasefire.

"What do you mean they broke down? They came up with an agreement that talked about an urgent ceasefire," said White House spokesman Tony Snow.
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Finnish Foreign Minister Erkki Tuomioja said: "We agreed on what we could agree on."
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U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, who co-chaired the talks by foreign ministers from the Middle East and Europe, had sought wording in the final document that avoided calls for an "immediate" ceasefire, diplomats said.

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