The donor states conference on Lebanon will be held on two stages

The delegation of the UN secretary general to the ME region Terry Larsen left on Sunday to Israel after he had concluded his talks with the Lebanese officials.

However, a Lebanese experts teams is expected to head for the borders today with a team of UN experts to make sure that Israeli violations of the Lebanese borders were eliminated Lebanese premier and foreign minister Salim al-Hoss stressed on Sunday that it was agreed with the UN to convene the conference of the donor states and organizations on two stages.

In a statement he made on Sunday in Beirut, al-Hoss said that the first stage of the conference will be held at the ambassadorial level on July 27 and the mission of the conference will be limited to study Lebanon's development and construction needs with concentration on the liberated areas, adjoining the internationally recognized borders.

Al-Hoss added that this fist stage will pave the way for the plenary conference which will be held at the ministerial level in October.

Al-Hoss ruled out the conference to decide in its first phase any certain financial obligations to help Lebanon.

He expected that the second stage of the conference will witness limited obligations from the donor states and organizations to contribute to the plan of development and construction costs.

He added that the Lebanese government will submit to the conference Lebanon's urgent and necessary needs to finance needed urgent work programs in the liberating and border areas.

Al-Hoss added that Lebanon had actually received several donations from several countries in the past days but with limited sums that cannot meet the needs.