Prime Minister Nawaf Salam stressed, on the eve of the anniversary of the outbreak of the civil war, the need for the Lebanese to stand alongside each other, not against each other, calling for fortifying the interior and preventing any sedition, insinuating it, or exaggerating the civil war. Salam stressed that Lebanon today is in dire need of learning from its past, not bringing it up as a means of intimidation or turning it into a tool of division, indicating his understanding of the anxiety and anger of citizens who can no longer bear a fate that they do not choose themselves, but rather are imposed by external wills, even if that is through war. He revealed that the government is continuing its efforts to stop the war, at the forefront of which is the initiative presented by the President of the Republic, which aims to negotiate to stop the fighting and enable the legitimate state institutions to carry out their full role in protecting Lebanon and the Lebanese. Salam pointed out that the people of the South are more aware than others of the cost of wars and divisions, as they have paid the price of occupation, attacks and displacement for decades, and have also suffered from multiple decision-making centers and the absence or weakness of the state’s presence. He called for confronting the dangers facing reason, unity, and national responsibility, considering that unity today is not just an emotional slogan, but rather an urgent national necessity. He stressed that the south will not be left alone in the face of fear and destruction, stressing that its protection, as well as the protection of all of Lebanon, can only be achieved through one strong and just state, while continuing to work to stop the war that was not the choice of the Lebanese. Salam called for implementing the full provisions of the Taif Agreement, correcting what was implemented in contradiction to its letter or spirit, and working to fill the gaps that appeared in the implementation, while developing the agreement whenever necessary.