Soaid: Ahmadinejad's Visit Revealed Hidden Matters, Restored Arab and International Interest in Lebanon
Coordinator of the March 14 General-Secretariat former MP Fares Soaid noted that Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's recent visit to Lebanon has restored Arab and international interest in the country.
He said in an interview with the daily Asharq al-Awsat Tuesday that his visit was followed by Saudi Foreign Minister Saud al-Faisal's trip to Egypt, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's trip to Saudi Arabia, and U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Near East Affairs Jeffery Feltman's trip to Lebanon.
"It is as if the Arab and international communities are saying that Lebanon should not be under Iran's control," he added.
He said that Feltman's visit was aimed at asserting to the Lebanese state that nothing can hinder the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and that Lebanon's stability is a red line.
Furthermore, Soaid pointed out that Ahmainejad's visit uncovered hidden matters in that Hizbullah had repeatedly tried to demonstrate that it is a Lebanese group and that its arms are aimed at liberating Lebanese land.
"His visit revealed the weapons' true identity as it turned out that they are not Lebanese, but purely Iranian," he stressed.
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