Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh confirmed that the two kidnapped IDF soldiers held by Hizbullah, Eldad Regev and Ehud Goldwasser, are in good health, the Iranian al-Alam news agency reported Sunday.
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The Lebanese minister also called on the UN to intervene and push for the prisoners' release.
Meanwhile, Syrian sources in Damascus are trying to formulate a package deal that would include diplomatic initiatives aimed at resolving the security crisis between Israel and Lebanon, the London-based Arabic newspaper al-Hayat reported.
According to the report, the deal calls for a ceasefire and a prisoner exchange simultaneously with diplomatic negotiations with Hizbullah and efforts to revive the peace process with Israel.
Busy diplomatic week
Official sources reported in this regard that the Spanish foreign minister, Miguel Angel Moratinos, had informed the Syrian Information Minister Mohsen Bilal two days ago that Madrid is wiling to cooperate with Damascus on promoting "serious solutions for the peace issues in one package."
A busy diplomatic week has opened for Israeli politicians Sunday morning, when a string of international envoys started its pilgrimage to Israel in a bid to bring to a halt the cycle of violence in the region.
The US secretary of state, Condoleezza Rice, is set to arrive in the country Monday evening and meet with Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni on Tuesday.
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