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Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora rejected on Sunday Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert's call to hold a meeting, stating that Lebanon would be the last Arab state to make peace with Israel. This file photo was taken on August, 28, 2006 when Siniora hold a presss conference with United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Beirut.(Xinhua, file photo)

Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora rejected on Sunday Israeli Premier Ehud Olmert's call to hold a meeting, stating that Lebanon would be the last Arab state to make peace with Israel.

Siniora made the rejection after Olmert Sunday appealed to his Lebanese counterpart to make peace with Israel.

Olmert had sent many invitations to Siniora to arrange the meeting, said the media office of the Lebanese Premier in a statement, adding that "These invitations were refused even before they arrived."

Last week, Siniora said that Lebanon would be the "last Arab country that could sign a peace agreement with Israel", noting that the Arab peace initiative was the foundation to establish a "just and inclusive" peace with Israel.

He also demanded Israel to implement UN Security Council Resolution 1701 in full by withdrawing from Lebanon and lifting its air and sea blockade on the country.

Olmert called on Lebanon's Premier to shake hands, sign a peace treaty and also promised to do everything responsibly and thoughtfully to get every opportunity for peace between the two neighbors.

There had been no diplomatic relations between Israel and Lebanon since the creation of the Jewish state in 1948.

Editor: Yan