Beirut - US Acting Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern
Affairs Jeffrey Feltman and top Middle East officer at the US National
Security Council Daniel Shapiro, held Friday talks with Lebanese
officials stressing on their country's backing for Lebanon's
sovereignty.

"We are carrying a message to the Lebanese leaders from (US)
President Barack Obama and the (US) Secretary of State Hillary Clinton,
that the US backs Lebanon's sovereignty and democracy," Feltman said
after meeting Lebanese president Michel Suleiman.

The US delegation, which arrived in Beirut late Thursday, is