BEIRUT - An Nahar Lebanese daily reported on Saturday that France and Qatar were "annoyed" by Syrian President Bashar al Assad's stand that cast doubt on the situation in Lebanon

The Lebanese newspaper was quoting diplomatic sources who were commenting on the quadripartite summit held in Damascus on Thursday.

The Emir of Qatar Sheik Hamad bin Khalifa al-Thani openly expressed reservation over the Assad assessment of the Lebanon situation that he had described as "fragile" by stating that the situation is not alarming as long as the "army remained intact."

Pan-Arab newspaper al-Hayat quoted a French source as saying Assad had complained to Sarkozy of "problems with a faction in Lebanon that is not prepared for normal relations with Syria." According to Al Hayat, Sarkozy told Assad that "the gradual building of confidence is based on implementing commitments" made in previous meetings, the report added.