Aoun Says Lebanon Committed to Dissociation Policy, Hariri Paris Trip 'Start of Solution'

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President Michel Aoun stressed Lebanon's commitment to the dissociation policy and said that he was waiting for Prime Minister Saad Hariri to return from France to decide on the next steps, after Beirut accused Saudi Arabia of detaining the premier following his shock resignation.

"I am awaiting the return of Hariri from Paris for us to decide the next step with regards to the government," the presidency's Twitter account quoted Michel Aoun as saying.

Hariri has not returned to Lebanon since he announced his resignation while in Saudi Arabia on November 4.

French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Thursday during a visit to the kingdom that Hariri would travel to France.

Hariri's decision to accept an invitation to Paris is the "start of a solution" to the crisis sparked by his resignation in Saudi Arabia, ِAoun said.

Hariri has been in Riyadh since announcing his shock resignation from there on November 4, and Aoun on Wednesday accused Saudi authorities of "detaining" the premier.

"We hope that the crisis is over and Hariri's acceptance of the invitation to go to France is the start of a solution," Aoun said.

In his sharply worded resignation statement, Hariri, 47, accused Saudi Arabia's arch-rival Iran and its Lebanese ally Hizbullah of destabilizing his country and the broader region.

Speculation has swirled around the fate of Hariri, who is a dual Saudi citizen.

On Wednesday, Aoun accused Saudi Arabia of "detaining" Hariri after what he said was his failure to return to the country for 12 days.

"We consider him to be held and detained, contrary to the Vienna Convention," he said.

"He will come to France and the prince has been informed," Le Drian told reporters, referring to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman with whom he held talks the previous evening.

The French president's office said on Wednesday that Hariri and his family had been invited to France for a "few days" but that did not mean he would stay there in exile.

Macron has stressed that Hariri should be able to return to Lebanon to confirm or withdraw his resignation in person. 

Comments 10
Thumb justin 16 November 2017, 11:52

take a hike!
you are repulsive!

Thumb ashtah 16 November 2017, 11:57

Aoun Says Committed to Dissociation Policy

sure! and you have nassrallah twice a week in a televised speech wave his finger and insult Arab leaders and refer to them in the most derogatory terms, send militias to Syria, Iraq and Yemen, train Shia Bahrainis and Shia Saudis to overthrow the regimes in their respective countries, fire ballistic missiles at Riyadh are all signs of dissociation policy.

What a sad joke this guy is.

Thumb ___flamethrower___ 16 November 2017, 11:58

Best dissociated president, ever!

Thumb Elemental 16 November 2017, 20:45

Pontos bônus.

Thumb Puppet 16 November 2017, 12:36

General aoun of the revolutionary guard who is now president has earned my utmost respect and captured my wildest imagination for being committed to the Dissociation policy while waiting for hariri to return to decide next steps.

Thumb Elemental 16 November 2017, 18:32

Coming from the one bought by Iran? Zero credibility.

Thumb Elemental 16 November 2017, 19:42

Zero creativity Movaten^

Thumb Elemental 16 November 2017, 19:43

Movaten O covarde.

Thumb hakwaji 16 November 2017, 20:44

you are decomposed too much

Thumb liberty 17 November 2017, 05:52

He is an eternal loser and secular twelver.