Caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati on Monday warned that his country was suffering an "unprecedented" crisis that threatens its existence, as Israel says it is waging war on Hezbollah.
"Lebanon is going through an unprecedented historical and existential crisis that threatens its present and future," he told a joint Arab League and Organization of Islamic Cooperation summit in Riyadh.
Mikati urged the international community to support the state, not factions operating in the country, and in a thinly veiled swipe at Iran, urged countries to stop interfering in its affairs.
He demanded that countries stop "interfering in its internal affairs by supporting this or that group, but rather support Lebanon as a state and entity".
Mikati also called for an immediate cease-fire along the Lebanon-Israel border, saying the war has had devastating effects on the small nation.
He called for the implementation of a U.N. resolution that ended the Israel-Hezbollah war in the summer of 2006, and the deployment of Lebanese troops along the border with Israel in coordination with U.N. peacekeepers.