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LONDON (Reuters) - British Prime Minister Tony Blair held talks on Sunday with President Bush, Russian President Vladimir Putin and French President Jacques Chirac on diplomatic efforts to end the war in Lebanon, officials said.
"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 (on Lebanon) and to get agreement as soon as possible to that resolution," a spokesman for Blair said.
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"(Chirac) underlined that the text presented yesterday by France should take into account everyone's concerns," she said.
"Our goal is to achieve, without delay, a durable ceasefire through political agreement which takes account of all the parties' considerations," she said, adding: "France is calling on everyone to take responsibility."
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