Top envoy Terje Roed-Larsen says Lebanese authorities soft on issue due to their fragile political situation; ‘Political rhetoric shows that there are very high tensions, and I think we have to look at the situation in Lebanon with all caution,’ he says.
Lebanon regularly reports arms being smuggling into the country from Syria but the authorities are treading softly due to their fragile political situation, a senior UN Envoy said on Monday.
Government officials have informed the United Nations of smuggling as recently as “The last few weeks,” although they are providing no information on the quantities or types of arms being secreted across the border, said Terje Roed-Larsen, the top UN Diplomat on Lebanese ties with Syria.
A few hours later the Jerusalem Post carried this statement from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert:
Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said Tuesday that Hizbullah no longer poses a threat to northern communities. He noted during a tour of northern IDF posts that Hizbullah's positions in southern Lebanon were now occupied by the Lebanese Army and that the IDF was more prepared now, Army Radio reported.
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