Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil stressed on Wednesday that Saudi Arabia should not act against entire Lebanon if it has a problem with Hezbollah or Iran.
“Our PM is not Hezbollah and I’m not Hezbollah, and if Saudi Arabia has a problem with Iran, let it resolve it with Iran, not with Lebanon and the Lebanese,” said Bassil during a meeting in Rome with his Italian counterpart Angelino Alfano.
Bassil, who is closely allied with Hezbollah however, noted that Lebanon is still seeking to resolve the latest crisis with Riyadh in a “bilateral” manner and that resorting to international law would be the last option.
“Our objective is to resolve the crisis bilaterally in order to restore the normal situation,” Bassil, who is visiting several European capitals to explain Lebanon’s position, said to reporters.
He said it is “abnormal” for Lebanon’s prime minister to be in an “ambiguous” situation despite his announcement that he will return home.
“There is no reason that explains his failure to return to Lebanon and international conventions guarantee his freedom of movement and this is a sovereign matter,” Bassil added.
“To overcome this dilemma, let our PM return to his country to express his opinion freely,” the FM went on to say.
“Certainly, we will only resort to dialogue to resolve our problems, but we reject interference in our affairs and we reject dictations. Let us end ambiguity through the return of our premier to Lebanon. We also reject any interference by Lebanon or the Lebanese in the affairs of other countries,” Bassil said.
He also denied receiving a phone a call from Hariri after reports said the premier had called Bassil to ask him to stop raising the issue of his family’s freedom of movement in Saudi Arabia.
Bassil later held talks in Rome with Maronite Patriarch Beshara al-Rahi, who was in the kingdom on Tuesday.
After talks with Saudi King Salman bin Abdul Aziz, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and Hariri, al-Rai said he was “convinced by the reasons for his (Hariri’s) resignation.” “He will return to Lebanon as soon as possible,” al-Rai promised.
Hariri has tweeted earlier that he is “doing very well” and that he will return from Saudi Arabia to Lebanon within days.
In his first TV interview since he announced a surprise resignation from Riyadh on November 4, Hariri said Sunday he will return to Lebanon to seek a new settlement with President Michel Aoun and Iran-backed Hezbollah.
Hariri denied he was being held against his will in the kingdom and said he was compelled to resign to save Lebanon from imminent dangers, which he didn’t specify.
A political crisis has gripped Lebanon since Hariri announced his resignation from Saudi Arabia accusing Iran of meddling in Lebanon .
President Michel Aoun who is also allied with Hezbollah was guarded in his first reactions to Hariri’s absence.
But on Wednesday he accused Saudi Arabia of “detaining” Prime Minister Saad Hariri.
“What happened wasn’t a resignation — it was an attack on Lebanon’s independence and dignity,” he said Wednesday, adding that Hariri’s absence represented “a violation of the international declaration of human rights.”
But other Lebanese leaders are cautioning Aoun against alienating Saudi Arabia
Progressive Socialist Party leader MP Walid Jumblatt on Wednesday urged against “declaring war” on Saudi Arabia.
“What happened with Sheikh Saad Hariri was extraordinary and unusual, and in my opinion the efforts to address the situation should be calm and in accordance to norms,” Jumblatt tweeted.
“Hariri will return as he confirmed, but NO to declaring war on the kingdom,” Jumblatt added.
ما حدث مع الشيخ سعد استثنائي وغير مألوف والمعالجة برأي يجب ان تكون هادئة ضمن الاصول .انه عائد كما اكد لكن لا لإعلان الحرب على المملكة pic.twitter.com/YDwp7HEyXZ
— Walid Joumblatt (@walidjoumblatt) November 15, 2017
Hariri heads to France
Hariri will travel to France “in the coming days,” a French presidential source said Wednesday.
The French presidency said Hariri and his family had been “invited” to France after President Emmanuel Macron spoke by telephone with both Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and the Lebanese prime minister.
In his sharply worded resignation from Saudi Arabia, Hariri, 47, accused Iran and its proxy Hezbollah of destabilizing Lebanon and the broader region.
The statement sparked concern that tiny Lebanon would be caught in the crosshairs of rising tensions between Riyadh and Tehran.
In his first media appearance since he stepped down, Hariri said on Sunday that he had freedom of movement and would return to Lebanon soon
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22 responses to “Bassil Tells Saudi Arabia: We are not Hezbollah and your problem is with Iran not Lebanon”
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Oh but it is.
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It’s like someone who harbours a criminal in his house and complains when the police launch an investigation. “Nope, it ain’t my fault”.
Lebanon is just as guilty, if not more guilty, for Hezbollah’s terrorist activities.
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finally the beginning of the end for hezbollah/
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“Our PM is not Hezbollah and I’m not Hezbollah, and if Saudi Arabia has a problem with Iran, let it resolve it with Iran, not with Lebanon and the Lebanese,” said Bassil during a meeting in Rome with his Italian counterpart Angelino Alfano.
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It have been said finally the beginning of the end for ISIS….
It is exactly the same story with the “finally the beginning of the end for hezbollah/” – the Hezbollah strictly follows a radical version of Islamic Shia ideology, developed by Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini.“Southern Lebanon is a base of the Iranian Revolutionary Guards.” https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7fc7a97a3bf99afd8f7020b326294943d400aa03a364a088cf88754eee1786c1.jpg Commander of the Iranian regime’s Quds Force.
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‘Lebanese paper: Saudi considering normalizing relations with Israel’
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7e687b177b04bd0438ce1f0310d0f50dfa619700472b828c87df347e4c64d1a3.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/bf641f8fc4e52e61b4bb626982ea557003aeee272150a97e03a6a618bc59cc67.jpg https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171115-lebanese-paper-saudi-considering-normalising-relations-with-israel/-
‘Israel and Saudi co-sponsor anti-Assad UN resolution’
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171115-israel-and-saudi-co-sponsor-anti-assad-un-resolution/
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‘Analysts: Saudi Arabia calling on ‘ally’ Israel to fight a war in Lebanon’
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20171110-analysts-saudi-arabia-calling-on-ally-israel-to-fight-a-war-in-lebanon/ -
The ‘missile lunch’ on Riyadh is an Israeli cooked PR campaign.
Latest Saudi USA UK Coalition crimes in Yemen@BBCnews @BBCr4today
As you know, a humanitarian disaster on a huge scale is happening in #Yemen
As you know, it’s being caused by Saudi and is a war crime
As you know, UK is supporting Saudi by selling arms & also by diplomatic cover
Please cover this properly AND prominently.One of the greatest spectacles on Twitter is to see people of the Saudi lobby tweeting comments by people of the Israeli lobby–and vice versa. If there was an ugly marriage it is this one.
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Your crap is worthless without the pictures of ugly Jooz attached to it. 🙂
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O Hind Abyad • 2 years ago
You’re a self hating shite whore
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‘The crimes of Saudi Arabia and Israel’
Only God can save us’: Yemeni children starve as aid is held at border
Iona Craig reports from Yemen where aid agencies cannot get vital shipments into the war-torn country already gripped by cholera outbreak’
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/nov/12/millions-on-brink-of-famine-in-yemen-as-saudi-arabia-tightens-blockade?-
MaImequer0 Hind Abyad • 2 years ago
ooohhh a conspiracy??? Sweetie is whacked!LOL!!☻
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“Bassil Tells Saudi Arabia: We are not Hezbollah”
What the hell happened to that “We are all Hezbollah” slogan?? 🙂
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So why you sissi don’t tell Rouhani the same thing when he tells us the Iran is the decision maker for Lebanon..
Or stop getting Hezbollah involved in Syria and doing Iran biddings.
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You said it , because he is a sissy and sissies are cowards
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“Hariri will travel to France “in the coming days,” a French presidential source said Wednesday.”, but according to The Daily Star (AFP news agency) Prime Minister Saad Hariri will arrive in France Saturday and meet President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/913d6f20398b801215277614f63f0a8b3f620fa8c2eea7213dfcb4cd5aba6b10.jpg An image grab from an AFP TV shows French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian (L) during a meeting with Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri at the latter’s residence in the Saudi capital Riyadh on November 16, 2017. (AFP/Rania Sanjar)
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We know! It’s on YaLibnan! Alzheimer
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O Hind Abyad • 2 years ago
You have a thing for lesbians. Are you still in the closet?MaImequer0 Hind Abyad • 2 years ago
still eating bearded oysters sweetie???lol!☻
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