The Lebanese eastern borders remain open to weapons smuggling from Syria, according to a report submitted to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon by an independent committee he appointed.
The independent committee's task was to asses the situation along joint Lebanese-Syrian borders to assure implementation of UN resolution 1701, which ended 34 days of war between Hezbollah and Israel in summer 2006, local An-Nahar daily reported Wednesday.
UN resolution 1701 banned the illegal smuggling of weapons into Lebanon, and the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) was deployed to patrol the Lebanese shore and prevent shipments of weapons.
The report, according to An-Nahar, criticized both Lebanon and Syria for the lack of progress in security arrangements along their borders.
A first report issued by the same independent committee on June27, 2007, reached a similar conclusion.
The UN security council expressed "deep concern" over repeated violation of banning illegal transport of weapons into Lebanon.
Source:Xinhua
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