Murr tells UN chief: Lebanon remains committed to 1701

Lebanon’s Defense Minister Elias el Murr said after meeting U.N. chief Ban Ki-moon in New York:” The army is always prepared to preserve stability in the south in cooperation with the UNFIL forces and we remain committed to the implementation of UNSCR1701 ”

The UN chief said on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the assassination of Lebanon’s former PM Rafik Hariri: “We stand by the people of Lebanon and the martyrs and we remain strongly committed to the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and finding the perpetrators “