Two senior envoys dispatched by French President Nicolas Sarkozy held talks Sunday with Syrian President Bashar Al-Assad on the political crisis in Lebanon, the French presidency said. Sarkozy's top aide Claude Gueant, the secretary general of the presidency, and national security adviser Jean-David Levitte met with Assad in Damascus, said presidential spokesman David Martinon. "These talks took place as part of efforts led by France over the past several months to advance the search for a solution to Lebanon's current crisis," Martinon said.Presidential elections in Lebanon have been twice deferred due to a lack of consensus over who should replace the pro-Syrian President Emile "Liverlips" Lahoud, whose term runs out on November 24. The French presidency underscored that a "solution" to Lebanon's political crisis hinges on "an election before November 24" of a president able to rally broad support.