UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen

U.S. Meetings With UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen (Taken Question)

Question: Was UN Special Representative Terje Roed-Larsen at the Department of State yesterday and with whom did he meet?

Answer: UN Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen visited Washington yesterday for meetings with President Bush, and here at the Department with Under Secretary of State Nicholas Burns and officials of the Bureau for Near Eastern Affairs.

We expressed our deep appreciation and full support for his mission as Special Envoy. We agreed on the need for full implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1559, to include the conduct of free and fair elections according to the current timetable. These discussions are part of our regular and ongoing dialogue with the United Nations and other international leaders aimed at the achievement of a free, sovereign, and prosperous Lebanon. 2005/453

Taken Question Office of the Spokesman Washington, DC April 29, 2005 Question Taken at Daily Briefing of April 29, 2005