Okaz: Hariri views on regional development

Lebanese Premier Rafic Hariri reiterated his country's call for finding a solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict and ending the Israeli occupation of the Arab lands in line with the international resolutions.

Hariri, in an open dialogue with Saudi and Lebanese businessmen and published by the Saudi Okaz daily newspaper, said that priority in any solution to the region's conflict should be given to the Palestinian issue and ending the Israeli occupation of the Arab lands. He was speaking on the sidelines of the Saudi-Lebanese Businesses Forum which was opened in the Saudi capital of Riyadh.

The Lebanese Premier stressed that the Arabs had already adopted a peace initiative in Beirut summit 2003 as a basis for just and comprehensive peace in the region.