Lebanon has rejected a call by Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert for peace talks and demanded that Isreal withdraw from disputed territory along their international borders.
On Tuesday, the Israeli prime minister had suggested holding peace talks with Lebanon, following last month's announcement of indirect, Turkish-mediated negotiations with Syria. In May 2000, Israel withdrew from south Lebanon after a 22-year occupation in line with UN Security Council Resolution 425 but the Jewish state still held onto some farming areas on the borders with Lebanon and Syria.
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