Arms Outside State Control Should be Dealt with Through National Dialogue
U.N. Special Coordinator for Lebanon Michael Williams said on Sunday that the issue of arms outside the control of the state should be dealt with on the national dialogue table.
In a letter on the occasion of the United Nations Day on October 24 read by Voice of Lebanon radio, Williams said the world organization was worried over lack of a cabinet in Lebanon, adding the country needs a government to face security, political, social and economic challenges.
Williams also said that despite some incidents in the past three years, Security Council resolution 1701 guaranteed calm for southern Lebanon.
He urged Israel to stop its violations of Lebanese airspace and said the U.N. was working to find a solution to the Shebaa farms area and the northern part of the southern village of Ghajar.