The Lebanese army asserted Saturday its capability to discharge its duties across the country, particularly in the south, under the UN Security Council Resolution 1701, the army's general directorate said in a statement.

The statement came in reply to the third report of the UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon on the implementation of the resolution 1701, which is submitted on quarterly basis to the Security Council.

The present report is submitted against the background of an acute and continuing political crisis in Lebanon and mounting Israeli concerns about the unauthorized transfer of arms across the Lebanese-Syrian border, Ban said in the report.

Asserting its capability to exercise authority over all the Lebanese territories, the Lebanese army urged for more effective coordination with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) according to the standing field regulations and the technical arrangements agreed-upon by both sides.

Under the UN resolution 1701 which boosted the number of UNIFIL from 2,000 to 15,000, the Lebanese government has deployed 15,000 troops in the area between the Litani River and the Lebanese- Israeli borders.

Source: Xinhua