Bassil Rejects Arab League Statement Accusing Hizbullah of Meddling in Bahrain
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Sunday expressed Lebanon's rejection of an Arab League statement condemning Hizbullah over alleged interference in Bahrain.
“This Lebanese stance is based on Lebanon's interest in preserving the region's stability and its domestic unity and stability,” Bassil told a meeting of Arab foreign ministers in Cairo.
“We came here to express solidarity with Saudi Arabia against the attacks on its diplomatic missions in Iran and we rejected a statement linking Hizbullah to acts of terror,” the minister told reporters after the meeting.
Protesters in Tehran stormed the Saudi embassy and a Saudi consulate elsewhere in the country after Saudi Arabia executed prominent Shiite cleric and opposition leader Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr earlier this month.
The session was requested by Saudi Arabia to discuss the attacks. The ensuing crisis has seen Saudi Arabia and several Arab states cut or downgrade diplomatic ties with Iran.
The meeting's closing statement condemned Iran over the attacks on the Saudi diplomatic missions and alleged interference in the affairs of several Arab countries.
Against the backdrop of the Iranian-Saudi row, Riyadh's ally Bahrain announced Wednesday that it had dismantled a “terror” cell linked to Iran's Revolutionary Guard and Lebanon's Hizbullah.
The alleged cell was planning to carry out a "series of dangerous bombings" in the tiny Sunni-ruled kingdom, a Bahraini interior ministry statement said.
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10 January 2016, 18:39
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Bassil Rejects Arab League Statement Accusing Hizbullah of Meddling in Bahrain
is that his personal iranian opinion or the official stance of the Lebanese government? Does Bassil formulate Lebanon's foreign policy according to the FPM and hezbollah wishes?
10 January 2016, 19:01
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Hey what about Tamam Salam deciding that Lebanon was part of the Saudi Coalition?
10 January 2016, 18:56
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In a response to a question in the same interview of the Christian Broadcasting Network – with a part of it about the bad treatment of Christians and lack of freedom in Lebanon under the Syrians – mon général answered a question about the transfer of Katyusha rockets from Syria to Hezbollah in Lebanon: “Yes, since Lebanon was occupied by Syria, they extended the base of their terror operations to Lebanon.”
10 January 2016, 18:56
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“I come before you today to urge you to be true to America’s nature, to aid those aspiring to freedom, to strike a blow to terrorism […] the genuine nature of the Lebanese people is reflected in their love for freedom and their affection towards America; and the genuine nature of America is reflected in its support of those who seek freedom […] We have never lost faith – and we never will – that our natural allies in the free world will finally see (the Lebanese struggle with Syria) for what it truly is: a fight for freedom against terrorism and oppression.” General Michel Aoun – September 2003 – In the United States Congress for the Accountability and Lebanese Sovereignty Restoration Act.
“Hezbollah is not a separate entity from Syria. It is under the Syrian operational control. 100 percent, no question about that. There are about 11 organizations of terrorism in Damascus.” General Michel Aoun – September 2002 – interview with CBN.com.
10 January 2016, 19:02
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Bassil is representing Lebanon, he is the foreign minister after all.
Yes this is Lebanon's statement.
10 January 2016, 19:22
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of course a hezbi agent cannot say otherwise.... and he pretends to represent lebanese... pityful.
10 January 2016, 20:03
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get your facts straight southern guy: they do not want to overthrow the regime in bahrein, just to have the same rights....
10 January 2016, 23:15
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Hi I'm back did you miss me? Gebran Baseej should understand that the days of this criminal Iranian terrorist militia Hezb Ebola is drawing to a very nasty end and all it's associates will be brought down with it.
11 January 2016, 10:00
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The son in outlaw is the full time lawyer of Ebola. Every word he speaks in their favor fills up his pockets with $$$...
11 January 2016, 18:38
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If he was after money he'd do what m14 does: suck up to oily kings.
