Aoun Raises Concerns over Refugees’ Crisis

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President Michel Aoun emphasized on Wednesday that Lebanon has borne the burden of the consequences of neighboring wars and the influx of Syria refugees, lamenting the “unclear” position of the international community vis-à-vis the refugees' return to their homeland.

In an address he gave to a visiting delegation of the accredited diplomatic corps in Lebanon, Aoun said: “We are concerned that this determination to keep the refugees in Lebanon could be a scheme to displace as many Lebanese as possible to facilitate the mysterious and suspicious solutions looming on the horizon.

"It doesn't appear to be reassuring, especially with attempts to link the refugee return to a political solution, which might take a long time," he added.

On the other hand, Aoun stressed “the essence of Lebanese democracy is based on consensus before anything else. Based on the aforementioned fact, we are exerting relentless efforts to attain wide and complete consensus in a bid to reach agreement on the new cabinet formula, in cooperation with the Prime Minister-designate,” he added.

SourceNaharnet
Comments 2
Thumb lubnani.masi7i 09 January 2019, 13:21

Why raise concerns? Call your bosses in Iran and Syria and get it done.

Thumb canadianleb 09 January 2019, 14:37

Once the refugees stop getting the payments from the UN they will simply pack up and leave, no need to call Syria, Iran, KSA or anyone else...