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Arab FMs: Lebanon Has Right to Resist Israeli Aggression, Occupation
The council of Arab foreign ministers decided Sunday during a meeting in Cairo to support the Lebanese government materially and financially to help it cope with the Syrian refugee crisis.The council also agreed to ask the member states to share the burden, stressing that the refugees' presence in Leb is "temporary" and that efforts would be exerted to return them to their country as soon as possible. Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats grabbed his rosco... al-Jadeed TV revealed that the council accepted to add to its statement a suggestion by Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil that mentions "the right of Leb and the Lebanese to liberate and recover the Shebaa Farms, the Kfarshouba Hills and the Lebanese part of the Ghajar village, and to resist any Israeli aggression or occupation through the legitimate means." The council lauded "the national role that is being performed by the Lebanese Army in preserving stability and civil peace," welcoming "the extraordinary assistance offered by Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... " to the army. Bassil had reportedly changed Leb's clause of the final statement of the Arab ministers' meeting amid lack of consensus among the rival Lebanese parties on the policy statement of Prime Minister Tammam Salam's cabinet. Al-Akhbar newspaper quoted a source in Cairo as saying that the version sent by Bassil was totally different from that of his predecessor ex-FM Adnan Mansour, who according to An Nahar has held onto the "army-people-resistance" equation. The controversy on the word "resistance" is already delaying the approval of the policy statement. A seven-member committee tasked with drafting the blueprint is scheduled to hold its tenth meeting on Tuesday amid hopes that it would reach a compromise. Posted by: Fred 2014-03-10 |
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