France agrees to monitor Lebanese coasts at Annan's request
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France's foreign minister said Thursday that France had agreed to a request from UN Secretary-General
Kofi Annan to monitor sea lanes off Lebanon to ensure that weapons don't reach Hezbullah. Philippe Douste-Blazy made the comments at a news conference two days after President Jacques Chirac gave his tentative support for the request.
"We're going to make sure there are no deliveries" of arms by Hezbullah, Douste-Blazy said. "We have accepted" Annan's offer, he added. (AP)
