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Canadian PM opposes sending international troops to middle east
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Xinhua News Agency
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July 25, 2006
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Canadian PM opposes sending international troops to middle east
OTTAWA, July 25 (Xinhua) -- Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper
said Tuesday he does not favour sending international troops to
southern Lebanon, arguing that countries in the area should be
responsible for resolving the conflict.
It would not be Canada's "first choice to have Canadian or foreign
troops" sent to enforce peace between Israel and Hezbollah, Harper
said at a press conference in Cambridge, Ontario.
Earlier on Tuesday, Israeli Defence Minister Amir Peretz said
Israel would be willing to hand over control of a security zone in
southern Lebanon to an international force.
"I think what is important if we are ...