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Source: http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20080828/wl_mideast_afp/usfrancesyriasarkozydiplomacy_080828204106;_ylt=AgZ.A25eOLocao9VaUgC5R2aOrgF

U.S. Refuses to Follow France's Lead and Talk with Syria

[AFP] The U.S. refuses to follow France's lead and will not talk to Syria until it decides to take a "positive role" in international affairs, State Department spokesman Robert Wood said Thursday. French President Nicolas Sarkozy announced Wednesday that he would visit Damascus on September 3-4, after welcoming Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to Paris last month. Wood restated U.S. policy that precludes any dialogue with Syria unless it decides "to play a positive role, stay out of the internal affairs of Lebanon, stop supporting terrorists and be a productive player on the world scene....Today, it has not been." "Until Syria plays a positive role in the region, it is going to continue to isolate itself," he said. Washington continues to blacklist Damascus as a state sponsor of terrorism.

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