Fatfat: Border Demarcation More Important than Diplomatic Ties
MP Ahmed Fatfat hailed the declaration on setting up diplomatic ties between Syria in Lebanon as a "major accomplishment for the March 14 forces and the Cedar Revolution."
"This is a first step. Most important would be demarcating the joint borders and halting Syria”s intervention in Lebanon”s affairs," Fatfat added.
Setting up diplomatic ties at embassy level "would not dissuade us from following up implementation of the international tribunal”s justice," he added.
Establishing diplomatic ties with Damascus and demarcating the joint borders have topped demands by the March 14 majority alliance since the 2005 assassination of ex-Premier Rafik Hariri.
The Paris Declaration relays a "very important political message that involves positive" impacts, Fatfat explained.
"What is important though," Fatfat said, "is setting up relations between two states, not between a state and a subject."
He said Syria should "respect Lebanon”s special character and its freedom of expression."