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| 17/06/2008 Head of the Free Patriotic Movement MP General Michel Aoun on Tuesday criticized U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice for meeting leaders of the so-called “March 14 alliance” like "students gathered in a class room."
Aoun, talking to reporters after a meeting by members of his Change and Reform Bloc (CRB), also said he would ask Speaker Nabih Berri to convene Parliament to ratify the election law adopted during the Doha talks.
CRB members also took note of Rice's call for speeding up the Israeli withdrawal from Shebaa Farms and setting up diplomatic ties with Syria. "It seems that the Americans have at last adopted our viewpoint," a smiling Aoun said.
However, he emphasized that "one issue remains vague, that is the issue of naturalizing Palestinians in Lebanon." "I learned that Patriarch Sfeir had asked President George Bush about this issue and Bush replied that the Palestinians are satisfied (with) Lebanon," Aoun said.
Aoun said he cannot give a "final answer"" as to when would the cabinet be formed, stressing that he wants to facilitate efforts to form it. "We want the best relations with President Suleiman," Aoun added. | 
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