Lebanese FM calls for establishing Mideast Peace

Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh said Thursday that tension in the Middle East is due to absence of the just and comprehensive peace and continuation of the Israeli occupation of Arab territories.

Lebanese National News Agency quoted Salloukh as saying that "the Arabs have repeatedly stressed adherence to a just and comprehensive peace based on liberation of the occupied territories and restoration of the Arab rights." The minister renewed condemnation of terrorism, calling for distinction between terrorism and people's right to resist the occupation.