At the United Nations on Monday, U.S. Ambassador John Bolton accused the two countries of trying to destabilize Lebanon's democratically elected government by violating a U.N. arms embargo.

Bolton stressed that Syria's obligations to respect a U.N. arms embargo authorized in August "are particularly important as it is the one country other than Israel that borders Lebanon."

Syria and Iran are supporters of Hezbollah, having provided weaponry, training and funding to the group. Israel and Hezbollah fought a 34-day war this past summer.

Bolton called on Syrian President Bashar Assad to abide by the commitment he made to Secretary-General Kofi Annan to support the resolution and the arms embargo.

In a speech to the U.N. Security Council, Bolton welcomed the Lebanese government's extension of its authority throughout the south of the country for the first time in almost 40 years and its deployment along the eastern part of the U.N.-drawn boundary with Israel and the border with Syria.

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