Lebanese President Emile Lahoud has said that Lebanon and Syria are a source of stability in the Middle East region and disregarding (their role) "will not benefit the peace", according to Al Balad Tuesday.

Speaking to a visiting Argentinean delegation headed by the Deputy Foreign Minister Gorge Taiana, Lahoud said his country respected all international resolutions, which aim at boosting security and stability across the world especially in the Middle East. However, Lahoud pointed that United Nations resolutions should be implemented by order of their timing "away from selectivity or preference". He was referring to previous UN resolutions against Israel, which have been ignored by the Jewish State since it was founded in 1948.

Lahoud's term was extended last September for another 3 years at the behest of Syria, the main foreign powerbroker in the country. The move led to the drafting of UN Security Council resolution 1559, which called on Syria, without naming it, to remove its estimated 15,000 troops from the country and stop meddling in its domestic affairs. According to the paper, Lahoud reiterated his condemnation of terrorism and called for "uprooting the causes of extremism and the violent acts that spring from it". He also voiced Lebanon's stance, which rejects the resettlement of Palestinian refugees residing in host countries, including Lebanon.