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BEIRUT, Feb 21 (KUNA) -- Lebanese Minister of Foreign Affairs Adnan Mansour
announced here Tuesday that his country will not participate in the "Friends
of Syria" conference, to kick off on February 24 in Tunisia.
Mansour said in a press release, that he received an invitation from the
Tunisian Foreign Minister Rafiq Abdulsalam to participate in the international
conference of "Friends of Syria", stressing that Lebanon is following
self-distancing policy towards the events in Syria, as from all the Arab
resolutions taken against Syria, in particular the recent decisions taken on
February 12, which called to cut off economic and diplomatic relations.
Therefore, Lebanon distances itself.
Mansour stressed that his country's position is clear with non-interference
in the Syrian affairs, as well as the domestic matters, calling for those
interfering to clarify what they seek explicitly. (end)
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