FRENCH President Francois Hollande on a brief visit to Beirut has pledged to "protect" Lebanon against threats of destabilisation caused by the deadly conflict in neighbouring Syria.
"France will spare no effort to guarantee Lebanon's independence, unity and security," Hollande said at a joint news conference with Lebanese President Michel Sleiman on Sunday.
France is determined "to oppose with all its strength any bid to destabilise", Lebanon, he said.
Sleiman said he reaffirmed to Hollande "Lebanon's commitment to avoid the negative repercussions of the (Syrian) crisis".
After his stop in Beirut, the French leader flew to Saudi Arabia for talks with King Abdullah on Syria and Iran, before attending an Asia-Europe summit in Laos to talk trade at a time of economic crisis.
The visit comes two weeks after Lebanon's opposition called on Prime Minister Najib Mikati, whose cabinet is dominated by powerful Syrian ally Hezbollah, to resign.
The opposition accuses the government of complicity with the regime of embattled Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, which has also been accused of the 2005 assassination of ex-prime minister Rafik Hariri.
Calls for Mikati to quit were spurred by a massive car bombing in central Beirut last month that killed top security official Wissam al-Hassan, in an attack the opposition blamed on Syria and its allies in Lebanon.
Hollande said France was ready to help Lebanon probe the murder of Hassan, and said "there can be no impunity" for the assassination of Hariri and the security official.
The Beirut stop was a last-minute decision by Hollande to express France's solidarity with Lebanon.
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