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Article: Lebanon's Lahoud urges for Israeli implementation of UN resolution
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- August 27, 2006
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Lebanon's Lahoud urges for Israeli implementation of UN resolution
BEIRUT, Aug. 27 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese President Emile Lahoud urged
here Sunday for Israel's implementation of UN Security Council
Resolution 1701 due to lack of commitment from the Israelis who have
kept blockade on Lebanon.
Lahoud made the call prior to a visit to Beirut by UN Secretary
General Kofi Annan, during which he would discuss with Lebanese
leaders the deployment of around 15,000 UN peacekeeping troops in
southern Lebanon, reported the official National News Agency (NNA).
The withstanding situation of the Israeli blockade on Lebanon, the
remaining Israeli troops and artillery on occupied Lebanese ground
and the ...