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"Syria expects Lebanon to adopt a positive form of dissociation towards developments," Syrian Foreign Affairs spokesperson Jihad al-Makdissi said in comments published Thursday.

"We understand Lebanon's dissociation policy but we want a positive form of dissociation," Makdissi told al-Joumhoria Lebanese daily.
Asked what Damascus wished from Beirut, Makdissi said his government expected greater things from its tiny neighbor compared to other states.

"We get disappointed with Lebanon because of our appreciation for it because the things that connect Lebanon and Syria are many and therefore we always ask of it greater [things] than of any other country," he said.

Syria's spokesperson told the local paper that "official channels with Lebanon are open but there are forces inside the country that do not have an interest in their being stability in Syria."
"We make a distinction between official Lebanon and political groups in Lebanon," Makdissi said, in an apparent reference to the March 14 coalition.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org