Lebanese Minister of Information, Eli Ferzli, condemned the UN Security Council resolution No. 1559, saying that it interferes in Lebanon's internal affairs. Resolution 1559 called for Lebanon's political sovereignty to be respected and demanded the withdrawal of all foreign forces from the country. The draft resolution was adjusted to ensure that it would pass; the word "Syrian troops" was changed to "foreign troops".
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"The resolution inserts Lebanon in an internal dispute to turn it away from a basic plot to settle the Palestinian refugees in Lebanon," Ferzli said. He added that the resolution aims at isolating Lebanon from Syria and forcing Beirut to sign a peace deal with Israel. |