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The meeting had been scheduled for today, but a key contributor, France, refused to attend unless there was a broad deal in place that included a cease-fire. However, the language used by United Nations diplomats to describe their differences was softer than earlier in the week, and diplomats indicated privately that they expected agreement in the next few days on a draft resolution that would outline a cease-fire arrangement. The Security Council is now working on a single text written by the French rather than on competing versions. But just beneath the rapprochement remain deep differences over Middle East policy. Washington agrees with Israel on the need to cripple Hezbollah and thereby deal a blow by proxy to Iran. For the Europeans -- particularly the French, whose ties to Lebanon and Syria date to the period when both were French protectorates -- the specter of a broader war, the deaths of hundreds of civilians and the destruction of a country that has been painstakingly rebuilt in the last decade loom much larger. The Europeans are engaged in diplomacy viewed as crucial to any peace deal, some of it with Syria, a country with which the Bush administration has refused to engage directly. U. S airport Chrysler Hall - ticketmaster . Chrysler Hall tickets diplomats did their best to downplay the tensions. "There are differences in approach to the nature of the cessation of hostilities and how to make it permanent, but there is near-complete agreement on the fundamental political framework that has to be put in place," said U. S Ambassador John R airport hotel Chrysler Hall Chrysler Hall - sevenvenues . Bolton. The sequence of elements of the deal remains the crucial point of disagreement airport hotels .