Diplomats Back Troops, but Not Cease-fire, for Mideast

Diplomats Back Troops, but Not Cease-fire, for Mideast - New York Times

ROME, July 26 — In the face of United States opposition, an
international conference here today stopped short of calling for an
immediate cease-fire in the Lebanon crisis....

In a statement, diplomats from the United States, Europe, Egypt,
Jordan and Saudi Arabia expressed their “determination to work
immediately to reach with the utmost urgency a cease-fire that puts an
end to the current violence and hostilities.”

The diplomats also called for an international military force to be deployed in southern Lebanon under the auspices of the United Nations, after NATO
members said their alliance was already overstretched. And they called
for a regional conference, including Syria and Iran, to discuss
security issues.