Aoun and Salam condemn 'flagrant' Israeli strikes on Damascus
President Joseph Aoun on Wednesday strongly condemned the violent Israeli airstrikes on Damascus, calling them “a flagrant violation of the sovereignty of a brotherly Arab country, international law and the U.N. Charter.”
“The continuation of these attacks subjects the region’s security and stability to further tensions and escalation,” Aoun warned, voicing Lebanon’s “full solidarity with the people and state of the Syrian Arab Republic.”
He also urged the international community to “shoulders its responsibilities and press with all means and at all forums to halt the repeated attacks and respect the (Syrian) state’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” emphasizing “Lebanon’s keenness on Syria’s unity, civil peace, territorial integrity and all the components of its people.”
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam also condemned the strikes on the Syrian capital, calling them a “flagrant violation of Syria’s sovereignty and the simplest rules of international law.”
“The approach of violation cannot be accepted, nor the approach of gunfire messages, and the international community must shoulder its responsibilities as to putting an end to these attacks,” Salam added.
Source: Naharnet
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