TEHRAN (FNA) -A popular retired Lebanese General said that his country will use all the strength and capabilities, including the armed forces and the resistance fighters to defend itself against the expansion policies of Israel.” If the UN cannot give a positive response to this important issue, Lebanon will use the Army and Islamic Resitance to safeguard its territorial integrity and prevent any aggression of the rights of Lebanon,” Amin Hatit told FNA on Monday. He said that Lebanon has lodged a complaint with the UN against Israel’s unfair use of oil and gas fields in the Mediterranean Sea, and said based on the international laws, the UN should offer their support to Beirut in using its energy resources in the Sea. Lebanon and Israel have entered in a dispute over maritime borders, covering an area of nearly 850 square km, with both the parties eager to drill out oil and gas from the reserves. Lebanese Prime Minister told Lebanon will defend its rights in territorial waters and its investment in oil and gas field keeping in mind the UN security council resolution 1701, which called for a cease-fire after the Israeli 2006 war against Lebanon. A proposal of the planned demarcation law for Lebanon's marine areas was accepted by a joint governmental committee Monday. According to the the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea, which was signed by Lebanon 1994, the country is accommodated to draft a law agreeing maritime areas under its control . Mikati said that in spite of two recent attacks which were targeted at Italian and French peacekeeping soldiers on the Sidon coastal highway, the United Nations Interim Forces in Lebanon were still loyal to the enactment of Resolution 1701.
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