Suleiman did not reveal if these documents were always present at the presidential palace ( even when president Lahoud was there ) or newly discovered .
Suleiman made the announcement to British Foreign Secretary David Miliband who was on a visit to Lebanon on Monday.
Media reports on Tuesday said the newly-elected president also stressed to Miliband Lebanon's right to regain its sovereignty over the Shebaa farms zone and Kfarshouba hills.
Lebanese sources told Al Hayat on Monday that the Shebaa Farms issue was also discussed during talks between Suleiman and French President Nicolas Sarkozy over the weekend.
The sources said Suleiman saw an Israeli withdrawal from the area "would pave the way for a defense strategy agreement among the Lebanese and a settlement of the (Hezbollah) arms issue."
An Nahar daily on Tuesday quoted diplomatic sources as saying that the British Foreign Secretary promised Lebanese leaders during his visit to Beirut that he will discuss the Shebaa issue with U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon in London next week.
The sources said that Miliband will talk with Ban on ways to convince Israel to withdraw from the farms area after Suleiman revealed that Lebanon had new documents proving the identity of Shebaa.
Miliband asked Suleiman to send copies of the documents to the British government, according to the sources.
"As a member of the U.N. Security Council, we are fully committed to play our part and to urge others to do so in ensuring that all of Resolution 1701 is put into practice, including the Shebaa Farms issue," Miliband said Monday.
Resolution 1701 brought an end to a devastating war between Israel and Hezbollah in the summer of 2006 and called for the U.N. secretary general to make a proposal for the delineation of the disputed Shebaa Farms area.
Israel occupied Shebaa Farms in the 1967 war when it took it from Syria along with the Golan Heights. This is why the UN has considered Shebaa a Syrian territory and did not include it inside the Blue Line for Lebanon ( see map) . But the area is all owned by Lebanese and Syria reportedly used it during the 1967 war in its defense against Israel. Syria did tell the UN verbally that Shebaa is Lebanese , but the Syrians never provided the UN with the proof of ownership.
According to Samir Maalouf , a Political analyst : "Shebaa is a deliberately-crafted Syrian pretext for sponsoring paramilitary attacks against Israel ... was used before 2005 as a justification for its occupation of Lebanon and since 2005 it used it for its proxy fights against Israel through Hezbollah, without any consideration for Lebanon"
Tags: Israel, Shebaa Farms, source: Naharnet, Suleiman, Syria, Ya Libnan
