Geagea says border peace 'in hands' of Berri, Mikati

According to Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri are capable of preventing the Gaza war from spreading to Lebanon.

In a meeting Friday with French Ambassador Hervé Magro, Geagea stressed that a parliamentary recommendation or a governmental decision could spare Lebanon the trouble of war.

Magro and Geagea discussed the need to make every possible effort to prevent Lebanon from joining the fray.

"The matter is in the hands of caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati and Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri," Geagea said, adding that Resolution 1701 can be implemented in cooperation with UNIFIL "through a parliamentary recommendation or a government's decision to deploy the Lebanese army along the southern border and to withdraw Lebanese and Palestinian militants from the south."