He stressed the suffering because of the "dead end in which Lebanon had found itself for the last 8 years." He said "the country had been destroyed materially. physically. and morally." In his view. "no other country has ever been so destroyed." As to a peace treaty with Israel. he said there should be no treaty now and no separate peace. "There must be an overall peace settlement". he said. A separate peace between Israel and Lebanon would "only push neighboring countries to extremism" and lead to the isolation of Labanon from the Arab world. President Sarkis called the presence of Palestinian refugees in Lebanon not satisfactory. He said. "we received them not happily." A home for them must be found somewhere else if Lebanon with its multiplicity of Moslem and Christian factions is to achieve political equilibrium. On a more hopeful note. he thought Lebanon could rid itself of foreign forces and revive its economy if the major powers. especially the United States. provided leadership and assistance.
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