2008-06-11

Lebanon Rejects Israeli Offer to Hold Talks

Lebanon Rejects Israeli Offer to Hold Talks

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11/06/2008 Lebanon on Wednesday rejected a call by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for peace talks and demanded that Israel withdraw from occupied along the border.
"There are pending bilateral issues between Lebanon and Israel
which are governed by international resolutions which Israel must
respect... and which cannot be the object of political negotiations,"
a government statement said.
"Israel... must respect Lebanon's sovereignty over its territory
and its water, release prisoners and provide maps on mines and
cluster bombs," left in Lebanon during past conflicts, it said.

On Tuesday the Israeli prime minister suggested holding peace
talks with Lebanon, following last month's announcement of indirect, Turkish-mediated negotiations with Syria.

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