The Secretary General of the United Nations Kofi Annan is not to meet with Lebanese President Emile Lahoud on Monday as his prescheduled visit in Lebanon, the Lebanese News Agency reported on Monday.

The report came ahead of Annan's arrival in Beirut on Monday, which will be the UN chief's first time to visit to Lebanon since the Israel-Hezbollah conflict.

According to Annan's plan, he is due to meet Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora and the speaker of the Lebanese parliament Nabih Berri during his visit.

The secretary general is to discuss the deployment and role of a planned 15,000-strong peacekeeping force for southern Lebanon when he visits Beirut.

Other issues will likely be focused on the lifting of an Israeli air and sea blockade of Lebanon, policing of the Lebanese- Syrian border to stop arms smuggling and a possible prisoner swap between Israel and the Lebanese Hezbollah Shiite group.

The UN chief was seeking full implementation of UN Security Council resolution 1701, which was adopted by the governments of Israel and Lebanon respectively, said a UN spokesman at the weekend.

The Resolution 1701, unanimously adopted by UN Security Council on Aug. 11, calls for Israel's withdrawal and authorizes an increase of the existing UN force in Lebanon to 15,000 troops to help Lebanese troops take control of south Lebanon as Israel withdraws.

The resolution ended a 34-day-long conflict between Israel and Hezbollah on Aug. 14 but also made a series of demands on Israel, Lebanon and the international community which have yet to be met.

It also urged the reopening of Lebanon's airports and harbours, blockaded by Israel since the start of the conflict, and the securing of Lebanon's land borders to prevent arms smuggling.

The resolution called for the international community to provide enough troops to allow the UN to boost the size of its current the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) from 2,000 to 15,000.

Source: Xinhua