BEIRUT, Lebanon - Syria denied reports Saturday that President Bashar Assad has agreed to the deployment of European guards on its border with Lebanon.
"The reports by some news agencies that Syria has accepted that European border guards monitor the Lebanese-Syrian borders are not true," the official Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
The denial came hours after Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said in Rome that Assad has agreed to allow unarmed European guards on its border with Lebanon to prevent any arms from being funneled to Hezbollah guerrillas.
Prodi said he had spoken with Assad several times over the last few days, and the Syrian leader agreed "in principle" to the EU guards.
The SANA report did not say specifically whether it was referring to armed or unarmed guards or both.
Syria Denies Agreeing to Border GuardsBEIRUT, Lebanon - Syria denied reports Saturday that President Bashar Assad has agreed to the deployment of European guards on its border with Lebanon.
"The reports by some news agencies that Syria has accepted that European border guards monitor the Lebanese-Syrian borders are not true," the official Syrian Arab News Agency reported.
The denial came hours after Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi said in Rome that Assad has agreed to allow unarmed European guards on its border with Lebanon to prevent any arms from being funneled to Hezbollah guerrillas.
Prodi said he had spoken with Assad several times over the last few days, and the Syrian leader agreed "in principle" to the EU guards.
The SANA report did not say specifically whether it was referring to armed or unarmed guards or both.
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