Syrian National Council: We Back Lebanese in an Independent Lebanon, Not as Part of Syria
The Syrian National Council pledged on Tuesday that it will establish proper ties with Lebanon once the Syrian regime is overthrown.
It said in an address to the Lebanese people that it will back the Lebanese “in an independent Lebanon, not as people who are part of Syria.”
Former MP Fares Soaid recited the address during a BIEL rally marking the seventh anniversary of the assassination of former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
The Council added that Syria will not meddle in Lebanese affairs, saying that it will review agreements signed between the two countries “during the phase of hegemony in Lebanon.”
It vowed to establish proper diplomatic ties with Lebanon and demarcate the Lebanese-Syrian border, “starting with the Shebaa Farms.”
On the anniversary of Hariri’s murder, the council “saluted the slain premier and the martyrs of the Cedar Revolution,” voicing its solidarity with Lebanon’s “ongoing struggle for independence and democracy.”
It acknowledged that the 2005 Cedar Revolution “acted as the first slap to the Syrian regime”, which led to the end of Syria’s hegemony over Lebanon.
“Ever since that date, the regime failed in garnering the trust of the Syrian people,” it said.
“Democracy in Syria supports democracy in Lebanon. Democracy in both countries will support an independent Palestinian nation,” noted the council.
Addressing the Syrian revolt, it declared: “Our people and revolution will persevere and the Syrian regime will fall.”
“The more it kills its people, the sooner it will near its end,” it added.
“We are relying on our people to achieve victory and it will not back down from its demands,” stressed the Syrian National Council.
“Our revolt does not need to use Lebanese land to wage its battle against the dictatorship. Lebanon is simply harboring refugees who are hoping to receive aid,” it continued.
“We have repeatedly announced that we want the establishment of a democratic system in Syria that respects the country’s diversity because Syria deserves it,” it stressed.
“Syria’s sectarian and ethnic diversity are its history, present, and future,” it declared.
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