Special report: Israel-Lebanon Conflicts  [Video ] [Gallery]

    JAKARTA, Aug. 12 (Xinhua) -- Lebanese Ambassador to Indonesia Hassan Muslimani has said that his country at present does not need fighters from other countries, because its own fighters are still able to defend their land from Israeli aggression.

    "We, however, highly appreciate the spirit of the Indonesian fighters who want to help us fight the Israeli forces, but what we really want is moral support from other nations around the world,"Antara news agency on Saturday quoted Hassan Muslimani as saying.

    Speaking at a press conference here on Friday at Muhammadiyah office which was also attended by Palestinian Ambassador Rariz N Mehdawi, Iranian Ambassador Behrooz Kamal Vandi and Syrian Ambassador Moh Darwish Baladi, the Lebanese envoy extended his gratitude for the support from the Indonesian people and government, other neighboring countries and Muslims around the world.

    Meanwhile, Syrian Ambassador Moh Darwish said his country would fully support the struggle of the Lebanese people to defend themselves against Israeli aggression.

    Moh Darwish said he also supported the Palestinian people in their fight against Israeli pressure, and his country, Syria, has been engaged in 10 different wars during 60 years of Israeli occupation in the Middle East.

    He also deplored Israeli troops who blocked various humanitarian assistance on their way to Lebanon, while the Israeli aggression to Lebanon has claimed hundreds of lives.

    On the same occasion, Palestinian Ambassador Fariz Mehdawi said Israeli military aggression to its neighboring countries was not the first, and Lebanon happened to get its turn this time.

    Iranian Ambassador Behrooz Kamal said that Israel posed a major threat to its neighboring countries because of its ambition to constantly expand its territory.

    "Since it occupied part of Palestine in 1948, Israel never had a clear borderline, and always kept expanding into its neighboring countries," Behrooz Kamal said.

    "Most of the Jewish people actually longed for a lasting peace with other countries but the Israeli Zionist movement continued to wage a war against its neighboring countries aimed at snatching their land," he added. Enditem