Report: Lebanon to Ask Major Powers for Help to Confront Israeli Spying
Lebanese officials will ask the representatives of major powers for equipment to block Israeli espionage on Lebanon, As Safir newspaper reported on Monday.
The daily said that the ambassadors of the major powers that are permanent U.N. Security Council members in addition to the EU's top diplomat in Lebanon will attend a meeting of the joint parliamentary committees next week.
The meeting that is scheduled to be held on Nov. 26 to tackle the spying issue will also be attended by the representatives of the ministries of foreign affairs, communication and defense in addition to the army leadership.
The Lebanese officials will ask the ambassadors for the equipment after Israel installed spying stations along its border with southern Lebanon.
The Jewish State has also put in place devices that were directed toward major mobile phone stations in Lebanon to wiretap conversations.
According to As Safir, the spying is also affecting the work of the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon.
It quoted a military source as saying that Lebanon needed equipment worth 20 million dollars to block the spying.
The parliamentary telecommunications committee denounced on Monday the Israeli espionage stations along the border as violation of Lebanon's sovereignty, pointing out that it is happening despite United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 and the presence of U.N. peacekeepers south of the Litani river.
The biggest espionage station is allegedly installed in al-Abbad and Jan al-Alam areas, which are located near the U.N. demarcated Blue line.
(Photo courtesy of As Safir)
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