The Taif Accords, 1989r (original) (raw)

Following the Taif Agreement, and the defeat of forces loyal to Lebanese Christian Prime Minister Michel Aoun by the Syrian Army and Moslem militias, Syria and Lebanon signed the Treaty of Cooperation below. The treaty legitimizes the Syrian occupation of Lebanon, based on the clauses of the Taif agreement. This agreement was followed in quick succession by a Syrian-Lebanese Defense Cooperation Treaty and other agreements in specific bilateral issues. Unlike the Taif Agreement, Syria ensured that these agreements would be enforced. The timing of this agreement, immediately after Operation Desert Storm, suggests that Syria secured US agreement for it as a reward for Syrian cooperation during the invasion of Iraq.

Ami Isseroff

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The Lebanese Republic and the Syrian Arab Republic on the basis of the distinguished brotherly relations between them which serve their strength from the roots of kinship history common affiliation common destiny and joint strategic interests; out of their belief that the achievement of the broadest cooperation and coordination between them will serve their strategic interests and provide the means for ensuring their development and progress and for defending their pan-Arab and national security be a source of prosperity and stability enable them to face all regional and international developments and meet the aspirations of peoples of the two countries; and in implementation of the Lebanese national accord which was ratified by the Lebanese Chamber of Deputies on 5 November 1989 have agreed on the following: