Khoury defends Syrian–Lebanese Higher Council

Secretary-General of the Syrian – Lebanese Higher Council Nasri Khoury said that the Council’s existence does not contradict the presence of Embassies in both countries.

In an interview with MTV he said “the decisions of the council are not binding per se and it is up to the executive authorities in both countries to take action to enforce the council’s resolutions .”

The council’s headquarters are in Syria and many in Lebanon accuse Khoury , a member of the Syrian Social Nationalist Party ( SSNP) of bias towards Syria and see no justification for the council after Lebanon and Syria established diplomatic relations and embassies were opened in both Damascus and Beirut .