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SIPDIS
SIPDIS
E.O. 12958: DECL: 02/05/2018
TAGS: PGOV PREL PHUM EFIN EINV KDEM LE SY FI
SUBJECT: FINNISH RESPONSE - DEMARCHE REQUEST: SUPPORT
LEBANON NOW
REF: SECSTATE 10786
Classified By: POLCHIEF GREG THOME FOR REASONS 1.4 (B) AND (D)
1. (C) PolChief delivered subject demarche and Note Verbale
Feb. 5 to Deskoff for Syria and Lebanon Keijo Karjalainen.
Karjalainen said the GoF fully supports the Arab League's
plan for Lebanon, as indicated by the most recent European
Council Conclusions. The GoF also supports the EU's efforts
to urge all Lebanese parties and the Syrian government to
permit the key points of the Arab League Plan to go forward.
WARE