Syria denied on Monday French accusations that it was involved in a bombing that wounded five French UN peacekeepers in southern Lebanon last week, reported dpa.
"Syria has no link whatsoever with this act, which we condemn," Foreign Ministry spokesperson Jihad Makdisi said in a statement carried on Syrian television.
French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe said on Sunday that Syria was probably behind Friday's blast in southern Lebanon, but the French official said his country lacks any proof to back the claim.
"We have strong reasons to think that this attack came from there," Juppe told the French network TV5 and Le Monde newspaper.
Former Lebanese Premier Saad Hariri, who frequently railed against Syrian involvement in his country and is currently living in Saudi Arabia, also accused the Syrian regime of being behind the attack.
"Another Syrian message," Hariri wrote on Twitter.
Makdisi said remarks by Juppe and others "are part of premeditated French accusations made to mask the reality concerning Syria."
On Friday, Five French peacekeepers with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) were wounded when a bomb targeted their patrol east of the southern port of city of Tyre. Two Lebanese passers-by were also wounded in the blast.
No group has claimed responsibility for the attack, the third this year against UNIFIL soldiers.