Lebanese president urges UN coordinator to include oil slick issue caused by Israel in 2006

BEIRUT,(ST)_The Lebanese President Michel Aoun  has declared that his country adheres to its right to be compensated for environmental and economic damages, especially as it is still suffering from the repercussions of the oil slick, which resulted from the Israeli bombing in the 2006 war, according to the Lebanese News Agency (NNA).

 

The President’s remarks came during his meeting on Tuesday with the Deputy Special Coordinator of the United Nations in Lebanon, Mrs. Najat Rushdie.

 

He handed Mrs. Rushdie a copy of the initial report sent by Lebanon, on the damages caused on environmental and water wealth, after the field and aerial survey was conducted on Lebanese waters.

 

The President urged Mrs. Rushdie to include the issue of oil leakage from the shores of occupied Palestine to Lebanese shores in the report, which the Security Council will discuss on March 18 on Resolution 1701, especially since the damage was great.

 

Edited by: Basma Qaddour