Berri Won't Accept Postponing Parliamentary Elections 'Even for One Minute'

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Thursday that what unites Saudi Arabia and Iran is "much greater than what separates them."

Berri, in a meeting with the Press Syndicate, added that Arabs can only reunite when Syria returns to the Arab League and when Arabs return to Syria.

On another note, Berri said he does not accept postponing the parliamentary elections, "even for one minute."

It is surprising, he added, that Amal and Hizbullah are accused of trying to postpone the elections "when it would be difficult to clinch even a single seat from the Shiite Duo."

He confirmed that U.S. Special Envoy and Coordinator for International Energy Affairs Amos Hochstein will return to Lebanon next week.

He said the resistance and its weapons will remain "as long as Israel is occupying one inch of the Lebanese territory."

On another note, concerning the investigation into the Beirut port blast, Berri said "all we asked for is to apply constitution and law instead of politicizing the case."