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“This is the opportunity to move things for normal relations between Israel and Lebanon, if Resolution 1701 is implemented in its entirety,” Annan said. “We need to implement 1701 and capitalize on building relations between Israel and Lebanon” as well as with other Arab neighbors to “stabilize the region.”
Addressing Syria without naming it, he said he “would want to see the neighboring states extend their full cooperation to resolve all outstanding issues related to the border.”