Larsen on the constant Israel violations against Lebanon
Lebanon-Israel-UN, Politics, 3/25/2006

In remark about the Israeli violation of the Lebanese airspace, by Israeli warplanes, Terje Roed-Larsen, the UN envoy to Middle East, said "we deplore this the same as we did before any violation for the Lebanese sovereignty."

For his part, Lebanese foreign minister Fawzi Salloukh said that the so-called Blue Line, drawn by the UN in the south after the Israeli withdrawal in 2000, is not in compliance with the Lebanon's border, a matter which Larsen rejected.

In statements after his meeting with Larsen, Salloukh said that he had notified the latter that the Blue Line is "just a practical withdrawal line and does not represent the international border of the Lebanese republic, and Lebanon at that time expressed reservations on several points."

The statements made by the Lebanese minister coincided with a reportage broadcast by the Lebanese al-Manar TV indicating that four hills adjoining the Shabaa Farms had been marked as reservation points by the Lebanese government to the UN since 2000, with Lebanon saying they are Lebanese lands.

Worthy mentioning that Larsen will submit next month a report to the UN Security Council on the development in the implementation of UN Security Council resolution which was issued in 2004. The resolution states the need to disarming Hizbullah and the Palestinian organizations and the deployment of the Lebanese army among the southern borders of the country.

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