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Fatfat: We don’t know who is Lebanon FM and who is Syrian ambassador

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March 14 MP Ahmad Fatfat commented on the recent comments of Lebanese Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour by saying : “We don’t know any longer who is Lebanon’s Foreign affairs minister and who is the Syrian ambassador adding we also don’t know if the position of the foreign minister represents the stance of the government .

Fatfat’s comment to al Sharq al Awsat newspaper comes after Mansour told Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television on Thursday that Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali “has not interfered” in Lebanese affairs.

“The Syrian envoy has not issued any statement that would require us to summon him…or interfered in Lebanese affairs,” Mansour , who is a member of the Amal Movement , a close ally of Hezbollah said.

He added that the envoy “did not make any statement that would violate international agreements.”

“We sense Ali’s strong keenness to preserve ties between Syrian and Lebanon.” Mansour stressed

According to Al-Jumhuriya newspaper, Internal Security Forces Director General Achraf Rifi told the parliamentary committee for human rights last week that “members of the Lebanese security forces assigned to protect the Syrian embassy in Lebanon kidnapped four Syrians [whose family name is Jassem] using embassy vehicles.”

March 14 MP Marwan Hamadeh told Al-Jumhuriya newspaper in an interview published last Thursday that the Syrian Embassy in Lebanon should be closed if it was proven to be involved in the abduction of Syrian nationals in Lebanon.

MP Akram Chehayeb, a member of the National Struggle Front bloc which is headed by MP Walid Jumblatt slammed Syrian Ambassador to Lebanon Ali Abdel Karim Ali last week by saying that “no diplomat has the right to interfere in a case that is now in the hands of the relevant [Lebanese] judiciary,” in reference to the disappearance of Shebli al-Aysami , a former Syrian VP and the co-founder of the Baath party who went missing in the town of Aley shortly after arriving in Lebanon on a visit to his daughter .

Hezbollah and Amal are staunch allies of Syria and have been supportive of the Syrian regime in its crackdown against the pro-democracy protesters . Over 3000 Syrians have been killed by the Syrian security forces, mostly civilians.

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14 responses to “Fatfat: We don’t know who is Lebanon FM and who is Syrian ambassador”

  1. MeYosemite Avatar
    MeYosemite

    What a zoo! The minister does not represent the government, and the government does not represent the people. I think Lebanon beats the US in the soap opera with its live show.

    1. 5thDrawer Avatar
      5thDrawer

      And that’s hard to do, too …. 🙂

  2. Avatar
    Anonymous

    What a zoo! The minister does not represent the government, and the government does not represent the people. I think Lebanon beats the US in the soap opera with its live show.

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      And that’s hard to do, too …. 🙂

  3. Rafic Avatar
    Rafic

    When you are elected ,yes first you represent your sect and the countrey’s general wellfare, but when you are appointed as prime ministre and you should represent all of Lebanon like the President, but the last several years the Foreign Ministry always pushes Amal and Hezbollah view point, what they are doing they are diminishing the credibility of the Foreign Ministry and Lebanon in the eyes of most nations and this is pathetic.

    1. In_a_Mosh Avatar
      In_a_Mosh

      Rafic mate, if you think it’s ok to “first represent your sect”, then I say that explains most of what is wrong in lebanese politics. Honestly mate, I cannot stress enough the damage this does. You cannot “first represent your sect” then change principals once you’re in power. I’m afraid you’d continue to do what got you there in the first place.

      The key is “First represent the people of your country, second represent the people of your country and third represent the people of your country”. and that should be that. Besides if politicians represent their sects, then who the hell represents me when I’m an athiest and deny all sects and religious affiliation?

  4. Rafic Avatar
    Rafic

    When you are elected ,yes first you represent your sect and the countrey’s general wellfare, but when you are appointed as prime ministre and you should represent all of Lebanon like the President, but the last several years the Foreign Ministry always pushes Amal and Hezbollah view point, what they are doing they are diminishing the credibility of the Foreign Ministry and Lebanon in the eyes of most nations and this is pathetic.

    1. In_a_Mosh Avatar
      In_a_Mosh

      Rafic mate, if you think it’s ok to “first represent your sect”, then I say that explains most of what is wrong in lebanese politics. Honestly mate, I cannot stress enough the damage this does. You cannot “first represent your sect” then change principals once you’re in power. I’m afraid you’d continue to do what got you there in the first place.

      The key is “First represent the people of your country, second represent the people of your country and third represent the people of your country”. and that should be that. Besides if politicians represent their sects, then who the hell represents me when I’m an athiest and deny all sects and religious affiliation?

  5. Avatar
    Anonymous

    When you are elected ,yes first you represent your sect and the countrey’s general wellfare, but when you are appointed as prime ministre and you should represent all of Lebanon like the President, but the last several years the Foreign Ministry always pushes Amal and Hezbollah view point, what they are doing they are diminishing the credibility of the Foreign Ministry and Lebanon in the eyes of most nations and this is pathetic.

    1. Avatar
      Anonymous

      Rafic mate, if you think it’s ok to “first represent your sect”, then I say that explains most of what is wrong in lebanese politics. Honestly mate, I cannot stress enough the damage this does. You cannot “first represent your sect” then change principals once you’re in power. I’m afraid you’d continue to do what got you there in the first place.

      The key is “First represent the people of your country, second represent the people of your country and third represent the people of your country”. and that should be that. Besides if politicians represent their sects, then who the hell represents me when I’m an athiest and deny all sects and religious affiliation?

  6. master09 Avatar
    master09

    Are you KIDDING, when in the past or present has any leader in Lebanon done anything for Lebanon or for the people, it has always been to make their wallets larger. Look at some of these leaders who had nothing and are buying jet planes now or houses all over the world. Makes you sick, while some people can’t eat.   

  7. Avatar
    Anonymous

    Are you KIDDING, when in the past or present has any leader in Lebanon done anything for Lebanon or for the people, it has always been to make their wallets larger. Look at some of these leaders who had nothing and are buying jet planes now or houses all over the world. Makes you sick, while some people can’t eat.   

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    agencja reklamowa

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