BEIRUT (Dispatches) –
Lebanon’s caretaker Minister of Foreign Affairs and Emigrants, Abdallah Bou Habib, has described the Zionist regime as the root cause of insecurity and instability across the Middle East, stating that the occupying regime adamantly insists on its hostile policies in the region.
Bou Habib made the remarks at the 158th regular session of the Arab League Council at the foreign ministerial level in the Egyptian capital city of Cairo.
He stated that Lebanon suffers from the occupying regime’s incursions and acts of aggression against its sovereignty almost on a daily basis. The regime presses ahead with its aggressive and tension-making hostile policies and violates the Lebanese airspace to strike targets inside Syria in the absence of a deterrent regional or international force.
“Israel still refuses to withdraw from occupied Lebanese territories of Kfarchouba and Ghajar under the United Nations Security Council Resolution 425 and 1701,” the Lebanese foreign minister said, regretting that the international community’s silence and inaction have emboldened the regime to further infringe upon Lebanon’s sovereignty.
Bou Habib added, “Israel also continues its hostile policies against Palestinians in the occupied lands, with the intention to abort any initiative aimed at the final resolution of the Palestinian issue. This clearly shows that the Zionist regime is the root cause of insecurity and instability in the region.
The Lebanese foreign minister underscored the importance of unity among all Palestinian groups and factions, and noted that his country is committed to the 2002 so-called Arab Peace Initiative, which conditions normalizing ties with the Zionist regime on the establishment of an independent, sovereign Palestinian state within the 1967 borders.
He also stressed the need for the effective implementation of UN resolutions in this regard, especially Resolution 194, emphasizing that there will be no peace and stability in the region unless a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian issue is arrived at.
Bou Habib also pointed out that Syria is a founding member of the Arab League, and that efforts must be made for the war-battered country to restore its seat in the regional organization.