Carter Urges Israel to Withdraw from Lebanon
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter on Friday urged Israel to withdraw from "sovereign Lebanon" and Syria to demarcate the joint borders with Lebanon.
Carter, addressing a press conference, also expressed hope that Lebanon would manage to hold "peaceful, transparent and democratic" –parliamentary elections in the spring of 2009.
Carter urged Lebanese voters to "turn out heavily" at balloting stations to "choose their leaders without any external influence."
Carter said he was "proud of the developing relations between Lebanon and Syria," hoping that Beirut and Damascus would exchange ambassadors and demarcate borders soon."