The Secretary General of the Organization of the Islamic Conference Prof. Ekmeleddin Ihsanoglu appealed to Lebanese leaders to exercise reason and utmost self-restraint to save their country from sliding into an irreversible tragic position. In a press statement issued today, the Secretary General stressed that the solution should be based on mutual understanding in the scope of internal legitimacy without external intervention. He also emphasized that the OIC stands ready at the disposal of Lebanon to make any effort to calm the situation and move towards the desired solution.