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WORLD, Page 27World NotesLEBANONA Step Toward Peace?
In a televised speech from his hillside bunker in a suburb of
Beirut, Lebanese Christian leader General Michel Aoun described
last Saturday as nothing less than "the beginning of the chance to
achieve peace." He then proclaimed acceptance by his forces of a
seven-point peace plan advanced two weeks ago by the Arab League.
The plan has been endorsed by Syria, which has more than 30,000
troops in the strife-torn country, and its Lebanese allies. It
marks the first time since the two sides began waging open warfare
six months ago, at a cost of more than 800 lives, that both sides
have accepted a truce proposal.
Arab League envoy Lakhdar Ibrahimi, who brokered the deal,
promised that an immediate cease-fire would permit residents of
battle-ravaged Beirut "to reopen their shops and return to their
homes." The plan also calls for a lifting of blockades on Lebanese
port cities. If the cease-fire holds, Lebanon's parliament is
expected to convene this week to discuss political reforms demanded
by the country's Muslim majority.