Lebanese Foreign Affairs Minister Adnan Mansour revealed Wednesday that he had sent a memorandum to Syrian Ambassador Ali Abdul Karim Ali demanding his country to avoid the recurrence of any border incidents, National News Agency reported.

The NNA reported that Mansour made the revelation to reporters ahead of a cabinet session at the Grand Serail and said that he sent the letter through diplomatic channels.

On Monday, Lebanese President Michel Suleiman accused Syria of violating Lebanese territory after a house in eastern Lebanon was hit by a blast and shells fell on its northern border.

In remarks to Assafir daily, the Syrian ambassador to Lebanon said "Syria is the one supposed to complain, as it is the one that is on the receiving end of gunfire and rockets fired from the Lebanese side."

But the foreign minister's memorandum fell short of Suleiman's demand of a protest letter on repeated incursions to Lebanon.

Ahead of his move, Mansour shrugged off demands to summon Ali or expel him, saying "summoning does not take place among brethren. "

"I will snap back at my critics in the appropriate way and at the appropriate time," Mansour said.

The protest was the first of its kind by a Lebanese president since Syrian troops withdrew from Lebanon in 2005. There has been an increase of cross-border clashes, some of which deadly, and shelling from Syria into Lebanon in recent weeks, particularly in northern and eastern border areas.