BRITISH PRIME MINISTER TONY BLAIR HELD TALKS ON SUNDAY WITH U.S. PRESIDENT GEORGE W. BUSH AND RUSSIAN PRESIDENT VLADIMIR PUTIN ON SECURING RAPID AGREEMENT ON THE U.N. RESOLUTION ON LEBANON, A SPOKESMAN SAID, ACCORDING TO REUTERS. "THE PRIME MINISTER HAS HAD LONG PHONE CONVERSATIONS WITH BUSH AND WITH PUTIN ABOUT HOW TO SECURE THE MAXIMUM SUPPORT FOR THE U.N. RESOLUTION AND TO GET AGREEMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE TO THAT RESOLUTION," A SPOKESMAN FOR BLAIR SAID. "HE WILL SPEAK TO FRENCH PRESIDENT JACQUES CHIRAC LATER TODAY." BLAIR BELIEVED THAT IN THE LIGHT OF FIGHTING ON SUNDAY "THERE IS AN EVEN MORE URGENT NEED TO BRING ABOUT AN END TO THESE HOSTILITIES", THE SPOKESMAN SAID.
