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| Military solutions are morally unacceptable. |
| Strasburg, 27.09.2006 |
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| Fouad Siniora told MEPs on Wednesday that it was time to tackle the root causes of the conflicts in the Middle East, rather than just the symptoms. Europe had a unique role to play in finding a lasting peace, he said. Speaking to a special open meeting of the Conference of Presidents, the Lebanese Prime Minister gave his account of the causes, conduct and consequences of this summer's war, which led to a lively debate with Members both offering support and challenging his views.
Looking to the future, he said, "Military solutions are morally unacceptable. They are not real solutions, as recent events in Lebanon and Iraq have demonstrated. Partial and unilateral initiatives have all but failed. It is time for the international community to seek with determination a comprehensive, just and lasting peace in the Middle East. The last meeting of the Security Council held on the margin of the UN General Assembly does not meet our expectations and remains short of addressing the magnitude and core issues of the problem in the Middle East. A comprehensive political solution can only be implemented when Israel recognizes the right of the people of Palestine to a viable and independent state, and the right of return of refugees, pursuant to relevant UN resolutions, and withdraws from all the Arab lands it occupies in Lebanon, Gaza, Jerusalem, the West Bank and in the Syrian Golan Heights in accordance with Resolution 242. The Arab countries have, together, offered a hand of peace, a just, comprehensive peace, through the initiative of, then Crown Prince, Abdallah at the 2002 Arab Summit in Beirut. Unfortunately, Israel is yet to respond to this initiative."
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