Lebanese FM Denies Peres Claims: He Imagines Too Much!
Source: almanar.com.lb, 25-08-2009
Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said on Sunday that Beirut would never negotiate with "Israel" over the return of captured land, reiterating the government's stance that Lebanon would be the last Arab state to sign a peace treaty with the "Israeli" enemy.
"There will be neither direct nor indirect negotiations with "Israel"," Salloukh told The Daily Star of Lebanon. ""Israel" should have withdrawn from captured territory from the first minute of Resolution 1701. They should implement all UN resolutions."
He dismissed remarks by "Israeli" President Shimon Peres that Hizbullah now possessed 80,000 missiles as lies. "I don't know how he counted these rockets," he said. "Let them give us a list showing who the source is and how they identify these rockets. Peres imagines too much."
Salloukh also referred to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's tenth report on UN Security Council Resolution 1701, where he found that "to date, UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL has neither been provided with, nor found, evidence of new military infrastructure or the smuggling or arms into" southern Lebanon.
Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said on Sunday that Beirut would never negotiate with "Israel" over the return of captured land, reiterating the government's stance that Lebanon would be the last Arab state to sign a peace treaty with the "Israeli" enemy.
"There will be neither direct nor indirect negotiations with "Israel"," Salloukh told The Daily Star of Lebanon. ""Israel" should have withdrawn from captured territory from the first minute of Resolution 1701. They should implement all UN resolutions."
He dismissed remarks by "Israeli" President Shimon Peres that Hizbullah now possessed 80,000 missiles as lies. "I don't know how he counted these rockets," he said. "Let them give us a list showing who the source is and how they identify these rockets. Peres imagines too much."
Salloukh also referred to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon's tenth report on UN Security Council Resolution 1701, where he found that "to date, UN peacekeeping force UNIFIL has neither been provided with, nor found, evidence of new military infrastructure or the smuggling or arms into" southern Lebanon.
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