Suleiman Calls for Immediate Stop to Interference in Syria's Affairs
President Michel Suleiman said Thursday that distancing Lebanon from the Syrian crisis comes through the immediate end to interference in all of the neighboring country's internal affairs.
In a statement issued by Baabda Palace, Suleiman held onto the official policy of dissociation from the Syrian war.
“This is done through an immediate stop to meddling in all of Syria's internal affairs and mainly the fighting there no matter what the justification is,” he said.
The president was mainly referring to Hizbullah. The party has sent members to Syria to fight alongside troops loyal to President Bashar Assad against rebels seeking to topple him.
Sunni fighters generally from northern Lebanon have also went to the neighboring country to help the rebels.
Suleiman called for a political solution that would bring back stability and security to Syria and help the return of the refugees back home.
The president hoped for the success of the Geneva II peace talks to end the Syrian crisis.
The U.N.-sponsored conference -- the biggest diplomatic effort yet to resolve Syria's devastating civil war -- opened in the Swiss town of Montreux on Wednesday with heated disagreements among the two sides and world powers.
| Copyright © 2012 Naharnet.com. All Rights Reserved. | https://naharnet.com/stories/en/115366 |