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Lebanese president calls for keeping country clear of foreign conflicts

13 April 2013 21:09 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Lebanese President Michel Suleiman stressed on Saturday the need for national interests to be placed above anything else so as to keep the country clear of foreign conflicts, APA reports quoting Xinhua.

"We must derive lessons from regional developments and realize the need for cooperation among all sides to keep country away from these crises," Suleiman said in a press release on the 38th anniversary of the eruption of the Lebanese Civil War.

He said "Lebanon must be kept away from the regional disputes in order for the Lebanese people to live in stability and prosperity."

They should not be made once again to pay the price of other people's conflicts, he stressed.

Lebanon, a neighbor of Syria, has felt the spillover of the prolonged Syrian crisis due to the influx of Syrian refugees as well as occasional conflicts in border areas.