Aoun says no peace without liberating occupied land
President Joseph Aoun told the extraordinary Arab League summit in Cairo that Israel is still occupying Lebanese land and incarcerating Lebanese detainees.
“We will not give up our land and we will not forget or abandon our captives,” Aoun added, referring to Hezbollah fighters captured during the latest war with Israel.
“There is still daily aggression and there are still innocents from my people who are falling martyred or wounded every day … I bow in the face of their sacrifices and I hold my head up high because I’m from their country,” the president said.
He stressed that “there can be no peace without liberating the last inch of our land that is internationally-recognized and documented, verified and delineated by the U.N.”
“There can be no peace without the state of Palestine and no peace without regaining the legitimate and full rights of the Palestinians,” Aoun added.
He also emphasized that Lebanon “should neither be violated by the wars of others nor a hub or passage of the policies of foreign influence.”
“It should not be a place for occupations or hegemonies and it should not allow some of its components to use foreign forces against the sons of their country, even if these foreign forces are friends or brothers,” the president added.
Source: Naharnet
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