Kanaan Holds 'Good' Congress Meetings, Downplays Sanctions Talk

MP Ibrahim Kanaan, the head of the Lebanese finance parliamentary committee, announced Wednesday that he held “good and constructive” talks with U.S. officials.

“Building the state and its institutions is what leads to political stability and not sanctions,” Kanaan told MTV after meeting U.S. lawmaker Eliot Engel at the U.S. Congress.

“The Lebanese delegation’s approach is strong,” he added.

“We sensed in Washington that the talk about sanctions against certain Lebanese officials is mere analysis and aimed at bickering,” the Lebanese lawmaker went on to say.

He added that the Lebanese delegation’s meetings offered “an opportunity to explain the Lebanese stance and the importance of stability as an international interest.”