BEIRUT: Lebanon must now claim some responsibility for violence in Syria, after it distanced itself from a U.N. Security Council condemnation of the violent crackdown in the country, Future Movement MP Mohammed Kabarra said Friday.

"Lebanon today, after the disgraceful position at the U.N. Security Council, became a Syrian regime partner and is now also responsible for every drop of blood and every fall of a martyr in the massacres committed against the Syrian people," Kabarra told visitors in Tripoli.

He slammed Prime Minister Najib Mikati’s Cabinet for defending Syria’s bloody crackdown on protesters.

"The government claims to be committed to protecting Lebanon's interests and international reputation, yet the country's stance at the U.N. yesterday accomplished the opposite," Kabbara added.

Lebanon’s deputy U.N. Ambassador Caroline Ziade carried out an infrequently used procedure, disassociating the country from the statement after it was approved and read out verbally at the council’s meeting.

Lawmakers in the Hezbollah-led March 8 camp have expressed different views on the issue, stressing the need to stay out of Syria’s internal affairs.

Lebanon’s top officials and lawmakers meeting Thursday at Parliament disputed the decision to disassociate itself from the statement.

Mikati and Speaker Nabih Berri sought to justify Lebanon’s position as a decision to refrain from intervening in Damascus’ internal affairs, which would benefit the country’s bilateral relations with Syria.

“Let the world know that the Lebanese people are with a free Syria and that they have nothing to do with the [Lebanese] government’s stance which dissociated itself from a position condemning violence and massacres,” Kabarra said Friday.