Lahoud: Lebanon has restored international presence, enjoys stability

Lebanese President Emil Lahoud stressed on Thursday that Lebanon has achieved recently many of its national achievements as it could liberate the greater parts of its south and western Bekaa from the Israeli occupation and also its own regional and international presence.

During his meeting on Thursday with the press at the presidential palace on the occasion of the end of the year, the Lebanese president said that Lebanon " has established itself as a one, solid strong and effective state and all this has been achieved is a result of the clear policy it has pursued and the national options it cling to within strategies that prove credibility."

He added that the coming phase requires protection of all achievements realized at the national level and to dedicate efforts to economic and social development through a future vision that would be materialized by all.