Ливанская Республика
On the Terrorist Act in Lebanon
PRESS RELEASE
A terrorist act has been committed in Lebanon, of which prominent Druze leader Sheikh Saleh Aridi, adviser to the Youth and Sports Minister in the National Unity Government, became victim.
We resolutely condemn this bloody crime and express our deep condolences to Aridi's family. Obvious is the provocative thrust of this action , undertaken in the conditions of a successfully advancing process of realization of the inter-Lebanese agreement signed in Doha in May, opening the way for Lebanon to overcoming the domestic political crisis and achieving national reconciliation and consensus.
We call on all Lebanese political forces to show restraint and composure and to continue the constructive dialogue in the name of accomplishing the common aspirations of all the Lebanese, ensuring the independence, unity and sovereignty of Lebanon and strengthening its constitutional institutions of power.
Whoever stands behind this crime, what happened once again confirms the importance of implementing the relevant UN Security Council resolutions on Lebanon, including the provisions imposing an embargo on arms supplies to irregular armed groups. Russia, scrupulously observing these provisions, calls upon all other countries to follow them undeviatingly.
September 11, 2008