Suleiman Meets Charbel: All Sides Must Be Aware of Gravity of Instability in Lebanon
President Michel Suleiman held talks with various officials on the clashes that erupted in the northern city of Tripoli over the weekend.
He said after meeting Interior Minister Marwan Charbel: “All sides must be aware of the dangerousness of creating instability in Lebanon.”
“They must be aware of the negative repercussions the unrest will have on the country and the various powers themselves given the critical situation in the region,” he remarked.
The two sides also addressed the various contacts aimed at containing the situation in Tripoli.
Clashes erupted on Saturday between the rival neighborhoods of Bab al-Tabbaneh and Jabal Mohsen after the General Security Department’s arrest of an Islamist, Shadi al-Mawlawi, by luring him to an office of Finance Minister Mohammed Safadi’s welfare association under the pretext that he would receive health care.
Al-Mawlawi was seized for allegedly contacting a terrorist organization. Media reports said that the suspect is an avid supporter of the Syrian revolution against President Bashar Assad’s regime.
Four people have since been killed and 45 wounded in the unrest.
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