Suleiman in New York: Resistance Not to Fight “Israel” If UN forced “Israel” to Comply Its Resolutions

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Lebanese President Michel Suleiman, who chaired the Security Council meeting on preventive diplomacy Thursday, will chair another meeting later Friday, during which the Palestinian bid for full UN membership will be put to a vote.

Suleiman announced that prevention of conflicts requires the implementation of the binding resolutions issued by the UN Security Council.

Upon Lebanon's heading to the rotating presidency of the United Nations Security Council, Suleiman stressed that dialogue, communication and tolerance are the best way in confronting extremism and bigotry," calling to strengthen "the culture of peace in order to prevent conflicts."

"The issuance of UNSC Resolution 1701 formed a necessary measure in order to stop the devastative war, and the Security Council should halt "Israel's" threats and violations and force it to withdraw from the occupied Lebanese territories," he emphasized.

Addressing world leaders, Suleiman noted that "the conflict between Lebanon and "Israel" wouldn't have escalated following the UN Security Council resolution 425 in 1978 ... and the resistance wouldn't have fought against the "Israeli" occupation, if the UN had forced "Israel" to comply with its resolutions."


Source: News Agencies, Edited by moqawama.org