German foreign minister still seeks Syrian role in Lebanon stabilization.

(From BBC Monitoring International Reports)

Text of report by German news agency ddp on 28 August

Osnabrueck: Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier (Social Democratic Party of Germany [SPD]) is expecting an early conclusion to the negotiations within the United Nations on the rules of engagement for the Lebanon force. An outcome "to our satisfaction" was also emerging, Steinmeier told Monday's [28 August] edition of Neue Osnabruecker Zeitung newspaper. Emphasizing that the disarming of Hezbollah remained a prime goal, the minister stated: "As the border in the mountains between Lebanon and Syria cannot, however, be sealed off militarily, we must achieve a …