from Lebanon London, March 1, SPA -- French Foreign Minister Michel Barnier andU.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice on Tuesday calledfor Syrian troops to withdraw from Lebanon. France and the United States are co-sponsors of a UnitedNations resolution that demands Syria pull all its 15,000forces from its neighbor. Rice and Barnier used a news conference on the margins of a global conference on Palestinian reform to repeat that demand. "The Lebanesepeople have very courageously expressed their aspirationfor freedom, their aspiration for a sovereign Lebanon. TheLebanese want to be masters of their own state," Barniersaid.--SPA1431 Local Time 1131 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/243347