Report: Bassil Canceled Saudi Trip over Dispute on Condemnation of Hizbullah
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil had intended to travel to Saudi Arabia over the weekend but the visit was canceled the last minute over Riyadh's role in pushing for the adoption of a statement at the United Nations Human Rights Council that condemns Hizbullah, sources said.
Bassil, a Free Patriotic Movement official, denied on Monday that he visited Riyadh to meet with Saudi officials or possibly al-Mustaqbal Movement leader ex-PM Saad Hariri.
But the sources that are close to FPM chief MP Michel Aoun told As Safir daily published on Tuesday that Bassil had intended to travel to Saudi Arabia but the visit was canceled over the country's insistence to include a clause that condemns Hizbullah in the closing statement of the Council's annual meeting in Geneva.
Qatar and Saudi Arabia are reportedly leading the campaign to criticize Hizbullah's role in Syria. The party has sent its members to fight alongside troops loyal to Syrian President Bahsar Assad.
Education Minister Elias Bou Saab, another FPM official, also denied on Monday that his recent trip to Saudi Arabia was “political.”
Bou Saab has visited Riyadh three times in less than two months, said As Safir.
He said that his latest mission to the Saudi capital was intended for discussions on issues linked to his ministry, adding that he only met his Saudi counterpart.
The report in As Safir came as the daily said that Saudi Foreign Minister Prince Saud al-Faisal reiterated to Hariri his rejection to see Aoun reaching the Baabda Palace.
The palace has been vacant since President Michel Suleiman's term ended in May 2014.
The rivalry between Aoun and Lebanese Forces chief Samir Geagea and the interference of regional powers are to be blamed for the vacuum.
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24 March 2015, 08:46
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is that a martyred jihadi terrorist iranian familia in your avatar?
24 March 2015, 19:44
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I was wondering the same, is thar an ora around their heads? Why they not with us any more? How come they left Lebanon and never came back alive as we all should ... .Loosing one's dear life is not easy
.. but at least hope the Gennah and good luck with the rest of to be like them .. wish them the best and home for their return fast.
24 March 2015, 18:29
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Beauty is inn the eye of the beholder. As long as FPM is doing the bidding for HA in curbing Christian power in Lebanon you will always find FPM members and their stances beautiful.
24 March 2015, 19:38
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To our beloved Arabic brothers in GCC and KSA especially, thanks for taking Lebanese as your partners in making our coubtries prosper and thanks for you open hearts to all Lebanese.As for Aoun's em Bassil, he is well into Iran not because he love them but just because he is the main spoke person the No1reciever of Iran Of Hiz zbullah's aid to Aounis and for that he is not expected to be able to get the job done as lebanese like or as friends and brother's of Lebanon do.
24 March 2015, 08:28
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Our Talleyrand...a little gangster who bought last week a house in London for 16 million pounds....
24 March 2015, 10:36
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Telecom Ministry and Energy Ministry and being a minister for 8 years stealing our resources.
24 March 2015, 12:28
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yea yea sure... add this to the 22 private jets he has and the falkland islands he bought.. just don't forget to take your pills today.
24 March 2015, 12:09
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Any evidence about this 16m pound house?
Or do you just lie as you breathe?
24 March 2015, 08:31
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As a Christian how can I accept that my president can be a dog to Ebola?
24 March 2015, 08:44
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The FPM and the terrorist party of islamic resistance are "one body" and have been for some time according to officials from both parties.
24 March 2015, 13:01
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hahahaha! nobody does it better than you flamesrower, nobody! You humiliated your political opponents while on the surface you appear to flatter them. That's an art, a talent, a gift that cannot be taught. You were born a genius and that is why you are who you are: a master of debate. My boss loves you. Somesing anazar flamesrower.
24 March 2015, 09:22
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hehehehehehe! I literally fell on the floor laughing watching this video. @1:23 into the video the huthi kills his friends????? lol lol lol
was that your Mark? OMG so funny!
24 March 2015, 09:37
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Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh on Hizbullah and Iran: Lebanese banks do not have the right to acquit individuals placed on black lists and we stress that the bank secrecy law will not be revised.
24 March 2015, 12:05
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Excellent work from Lebanon's future President.
Take a look at how to deal with interfering outsiders.
Jebran the future President of Lebanon. Well done young man..A shining light in a dark country.
24 March 2015, 12:16
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May I ask you when did lebanon start being a dark country please enlighten us.
24 March 2015, 12:22
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When you can tell me the last time the Pres was chosen from within & when the people had 24 hours of electricity & when the people were paid minimum wages according to world standards & when the religious men stopped being more important than the law & when girls as old as 12 are forced into marriage & when when when.
You Lebanese need to get off your high horses...
24 March 2015, 12:29
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roar, when will you resurrect @wolf, @lebpatriot, and your other screen names or you just use them to vote. We really miss them and their contribution.
24 March 2015, 12:33
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You already know the answer...but if you want to pretend your a newbie & repeat yourself... Then I suggest you buzz off.
24 March 2015, 13:09
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So your a christian Australian born lebanese who may have or may not have ever been to Lebanon giving us Advice on who should be president and how things should be in Lebanon also telling us that priests should have more say than elected people and you hate muslims am I right . GO TO HELL !!!
24 March 2015, 13:16
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Priests should have more say than elected leaders? really? what a tool.
May you go to heaven & never see hell....Why do wish bad for others?
is it because they don;t agree with you?
wow..may you see the light.
24 March 2015, 13:26
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the_roar I was trying to have a debate with you then you decided to tell me to ( buzz off ) why do you assume everyone has a hidden agenda i don't ask loaded questions . Now if you want to return to a civilised debate by all means let me know otherwise take your own advise. Cheers
24 March 2015, 13:43
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The only reason I knew you were Australian was because of your terminology after you said newbie and buzz off 2nd because of your undying support of Mr Bassil I knew you were christian now in regards to you religious men being more important than the law that can only be construed as they should dictate how laws should be and not elected people and then you decided to discriminate against Muslims in regards to 12 year old girls being forced into marriage now on that point you could probably count on one hand how often this occurs and I ask you to question the intelligence of the people who have done this as it is not in the majority of islamic population .
24 March 2015, 14:13
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It seems you have misunderstood my previous post.
I'm totally against religious leaders interfering in politics.
Nations that allow it are behind the rest...
If you believe young girls aren't being sold off or forced marriage then I suggest you look harder...as for what religion is doing bad?
who cares? stop it !
I will repeat myself one more time for you..if you wish for Lebanon to move forward, start with people voting their own leaders.
24 March 2015, 14:35
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Lebanon is a lot different to Australia Sadly because it is a thiefdom don't get me wrong not all are thieves there are some good leaders but unfortunately their say does not count as they don't have the financial advantages of the thieves to expose them . The only way lebanese will ever truly have a proper electoral system is when all mp's financial circumstances are held to account and prosecuted for abnormalities that way we can weed out the bad ones from the good.
24 March 2015, 14:54
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Unfortunately it's people like you that have destroyed what was a beautiful country with that attitude Mr Shab loser
24 March 2015, 16:58
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نعيم قاسم "تحت إمرة الولي الفقيه."..أن حزب الله التزم قناعته في ولاية الفقيه".
24 March 2015, 19:30
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Gebran Bassil is the foreign minister of Iran it seems !!!!
Why in the world would he be concerned about Saudi's condemnation of Hebzollah ??? It's not his job as the foreign Minister of Lebanon.
Hezbollah is not the state of Lebanon, does not represent it nor is in anyway related to it.
Gebran Bassil has shown the world once again that he is a rotten traitor at the disposal of Iran !
24 March 2015, 21:23
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What do you say to the Croline's of the ministry of foreign affairs that we have nirma?
