A RELUCTANT APPROVAL

THE GULF CO-OPERATION COUNCIL has, rather gingerly, given its approval to the Lebanon-Israeli withdrawal agreement. The GCC Foreign Ministers'' meeting In Riyadh last week expressed "respect for the will of the' Lebanese constitutional bodies manifested in the accord on the withdrawal of Israeli forces". A press release, issued at the end of the ministers' session, made a polite reference to 'the sacrifices made by Syria', but the six nation grouping has lined itself with the majority Arab position of lukewarm support for the withdrawal agreement.