Berri says Hezbollah 'has not ended'
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has stressed that “Iran is a friend of Lebanon and will remain so based on its active role in the region.”
“Hezbollah has not ended and remains one of the biggest parties in Lebanon despite everything it has suffered,” Berri added, in an interview with An-Nahar newspaper.
“Things cannot be run this way with a political component and a major sect in the country,” the Speaker said.
Saying he was not surprised by “this attack” on Larijani and the rejection of his visit “based on a foreign order implemented by a domestic lobby,” Berri said “if the opponents can prevent his arrival, let them try.”
“If there is opposition to the Iranian statements based on the notion that they harm Lebanese sovereignty, we call for looking very well into the statements of U.S. officials and others,” the Speaker added.
Denying that he had agreed to the government’s decision on Hezbollah’s disarmament plan, Berri told An-Nahar: “All I asked for was postponing the first cabinet session from Tuesday to Thursday, but they did not listen.”
Source: Naharnet
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