Salam says exerting utmost efforts to halt Israeli violations
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam held talks Friday in Bkirki with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi.
Speaking after the meeting, Salam said “the parliamentary elections will be held on their constitutional time.”
“We as a government are working on this basis and this is an undebatable issue,” he added.
As for the concerns over the security situation and the issue of arms monopolization, Salam said: “A decision has been taken and the army has presented us with a plan for implementation, and in less than a week we will receive a new report from the army commander and there is no backing down from the decision of monopolizing arms.”
“We are witnessing an Israeli escalation and we are exerting utmost effort through the adopted mechanism and our Arab and international relations to rally all our capabilities to halt the Israeli violations and return to the cessation of hostilities agreement,” the premier added.
Moreover, he said the government has “taken serious steps regarding weapons inside Palestinian camps,” noting that “more than 20 truckloads of heavy arms have been handed over.”
“This is a continuous course and we have not finished it,” he added.
Source: Naharnet
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