France ready to host international meeting on Lebanon if needed

PARIS (Reuters) - France is considering whether to host a meeting of the International Lebanon Support Group to discuss the political crisis in the country, a French presidential source said on Saturday. The source said there was no decision yet on whether it would take place or whether it would be a ministerial meeting. The group includes Britain, China, France, Russia and the United States - the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. (This story has been refiled to remove reference to Germany in third paragraph.) (Reporting by John Irish; editing by Michel Rose)