Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati reassured that the government will continue to work upon its policy statement that states respecting international decisions.

Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati reassured that the government will continue to work upon its policy statement that states respecting international decisions.

“The opposition has the right to state whatever it wants, and I respect every stance, but at the end, the people are the ones who decide and evaluate… Why seek distraction by arguing from now and adding pressure to the situation, before the due date of financing the international tribunal even comes?” PM Miqati asked.

In a statement he made from the British capital London, PM Miqati indicated that “the situation in Lebanon is stable with respect to what is happening around us… this stability has three bases, first is holding on to the commitment to cease-fire in the South and to the UN resolution 1701, and second is the international tribunal.”

He further emphasized the necessity of “cooperating completely with the international decisions including decision 1757 that is related to forming the international tribunal and funding it… and noted that Lebanon “cannot be selective in the international decisions that it applies, and ask the International Community, Security Council, and UN to support the complete implementation of 1701 in South Lebanon, while at the same time it says there is another decision that I will not apply.”

“The third base for Lebanon’s stability is the Syrian situation,” the Lebanese Prime Minister added, and pointed out that “in these tough situations we should avoid any matter that could damage the Lebanese internal benefit… we work for the aim of preserving our nation, land, people, and civil peace… anything else is none of our business.”

“There is a specialty in the Lebanese-Syrian relations, as well as treaties and agreements between Lebanon and Syria,” he said.

In addition, MP Miqati called upon “all the Lebanese, in the opposition and the government, to be aware of the dangers surrounding us,” and considered that “this requires us to stay away, and not become a part of what is taking place around us, for Lebanon cannot bare the dangers of political affiliations that could force it to take a stance amid regional developments.”

“When we are done with settling Lebanon’s share in funding the international tribunal… we will be able to start dealing with the other major files, especially the financial, social, and developmental ones,” the Prime Minister concluded.