Baqradouni: Syria's presence in Lebanon is legitimate

Lebanese Minister of Administrative Development and the Chief of the Phalangists (al-Kata'eb) Party, Karim Baqradouni, has stressed that the Syrian presence in Lebanon is legitimate and comes in accordance with the agreements signed between the two states.

He underlined, during the party meeting yesterday, that the actual occupation is the occupation which Israel practices in Shebaa farms, the Golan heights and in the occupied Palestinian territories. Baqradowni called on the Israeli forces to withdraw to June, 4, 1967 line.