Nasrallah on New Govt.: Meetings Ongoing, All Doors Open to Reach Best Possible Result

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Hizbullah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah on Monday refrained from commenting extensively on the issue of the ongoing negotiations to form a new government, saying efforts are being exerted to “reach the best possible result for the country.”

“As for the discussions over the government, the designation of a new premier and the government’s line-up and nature, I will not say anything, because the meetings and bilateral and tripartite consultations are ongoing and we are not obliged to announce any stance,” Nasrallah said in a televised address marking Hizbullah’s ‘Martyr Day’.

“All doors are open in order to reach the best possible result for the country,” Hizbullah’s leader added.

Turning to the issue of the fight against corruption, Nasrallah said: “I've been saying that we must capitalize on positivities and there is currently consensus… on the issue of recovering stolen funds.”

“Today, I don’t believe that anyone can protect any corrupt, and there is a real call for combating corruption,” he said.

“The fight against corruption requires honest judges who do not bow to political pressures,” Nasrallah noted, adding that “there are honest and brave judges on whom we can count.”

“I tell judges in the country to emulate the martyrs who sacrificed themselves for the sake of the country. You must be brave and you must not bow to any political or religious leader in the country,” he said.

“In my capacity as Hizbullah's secretary general, I call on the Higher Judicial Council and the competent judges to tackle any corruption file targeting any Hizbullah official... You can start by us,” Nasrallah added.

Moreover, Nasrallah accused the United States and its Lebanese allies of preventing Lebanon from cooperating economically with Iraq, Syria and China.

“The United States is playing a role in the current economic hardships in Lebanon… The U.S. is trying to deepen this (economic) dilemma,” he lamented.

“The Americans are preventing us from dealing with Chinese companies,” Nasrallah said. “Why should we bow to the Americans over something that can rescue our country?” he asked.

Nasrallah added that the recent U.S. sanctions on a Lebanese bank are aimed at “stirring sedition in Lebanon.”

Calling on the Lebanese state to “activate the agricultural and industrial sectors,” Nasrallah said there is “a major chance for the Lebanese agricultural and industrial sectors, which is (exporting to) Iraq.”

“The Lebanese government should agree with the Syrian government over exportation to Iraq,” he urged.

“The Americans are seeking to prevent us from finding markets for our products,” Nasrallah warned.

35 Responding to remarks by U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo over the Iranian influence in Lebanon and Iraq, Nasrallah added: “Where is the Iranian influence in Lebanon? Where is the Iranian influence over banks and the army?”

Timeline
  • 11 November 2019, 16:25

    Nasrallah: All Lebanese people must preserve their elements of strength. They must prevent anyone from taking them into chaos and vacuum.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:23

    Nasrallah addressing Pompeo: Where is the Iranian influence in Lebanon? Where is the Iranian influence over banks and the army?

  • 11 November 2019, 16:22

    Nasrallah: Most of the corrupts in Lebanon are allies of the United States.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:20

    Nasrallah: All Lebanese are pinning hopes on the issue of oil and gas but the Americans are creating obstacles.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:19

    Nasrallah: The Americans are seeking to prevent us from finding markets for our products.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:17

    Nasrallah: Claims that missiles will be sent to Hizbullah via the al-Boukamal border crossing are baseless. We have an overload of missiles in Lebanon and we don't know where to store them.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:16

    Nasrallah: The Lebanese government should reach an agreement with the Syrian government over exportation to Iraq.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:14

    Nasrallah: The state must activate the agricultural and industrial sectors. There is a major chance for the Lebanese agricultural and industrial sectors, which is (exporting to) Iraq.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:12

    Nasrallah: U.S. sanctions on the banking sector are aimed at stirring sedition in Lebanon.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:10

    Nasrallah: Lebanon is safer than any state in the United States and even safer than Washington.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:09

    Nasrallah: Claims that Lebanon is not a safe country are American lies.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:05

    Nasrallah on economic cooperation with China: Why should we bow to the Americans over something that can rescue our country.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:03

    Nasrallah: The Americans have even warned the Israelis against cooperating with Chinese companies.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:02

    Nasrallah: I call on the new government to send a delegation to China.

  • 11 November 2019, 16:01

    Nasrallah: The Americans are preventing us from dealing with Chinese companies.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:57

    Nasrallah: Like the collaborators (with Israel), corrupts have no religion or sect.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:56

    Nasrallah: The U.S. is trying to deepen this (economic) dilemma.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:55

    Nasrallah: The United States is playing a role in the current economic hardships in Lebanon.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:52

    Nasrallah: In my capacity as Hizbullah's secretary general, I call on the Higher Judicial Council and the competent judges to tackle any corruption file targeting any Hizbullah official... You can start by us.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:50

    Nasrallah: I tell judges in the country to emulate the martyrs who sacrificed themselves for the sake of the country. You must be brave and you must not bow to any political or religious leader in the country.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:49

    Nasrallah: There are honest and brave judges on whom we can count.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:47

    Nasrallah: Those who have information about corruption must go to the judiciary.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:46

    Nasrallah: The fight against corruption requires mechanisms to recover the stolen funds.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:46

    Nasrallah: The fight against corruption requires honest judges who do not bow to political pressures.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:44

    Nasrallah: There should be fair trials and there should be a prison to jail the corrupts.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:43

    Nasrallah: Today, I don’t believe that anyone can protect any corrupt, and there is a real call for combating corruption.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:42

    Nasrallah: Meetings are ongoing over the issue of the government as well as tripartite consultations and the doors are open to reach the best possible result.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:39

    Nasrallah: There is consensus on the issue of recovering stolen funds.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:38

    Nasrallah: There are demands that are not endorsed by the entire protest movement.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:37

    Nasrallah: I've been saying that we must capitalize on positivities and there is currently a point of consensus.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:36

    Nasrallah: There are ongoing meetings over the issue of the government and I will not disclose anything now.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:31

    Nasrallah: Trump's strategy on Iran has failed.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:30

    Nasrallah: There will be no war on Iran in the region.

  • 11 November 2019, 15:22

    Nasrallah: Today the resistance is at the peak of its strength, presence and importance as part of the resistance axis in the region.

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Missing samiam 11 November 2019, 18:10

Nasrallah: The Lebanese government should reach an agreement with the Syrian government over exportation to Iraq.

The state must activate the agricultural and industrial sectors. There is a major chance for the Lebanese agricultural and industrial sectors, which is (exporting to) Iraq.

So he is an economic expert now---notice he didn't say Jordan, Egypt or the Gulf States but Irag, which is suffering a lot more than us from the same type of regime. Genius.

Thumb doodle-dude 12 November 2019, 01:44

lol @ the shia western christian with triple natioality.

Thumb CODE.961 11 November 2019, 19:30

كلن يعني كلن وأنت واحد منن
كلن يعني كلن ونصرالله واحد منن

Thumb natour 11 November 2019, 23:15

السيد نصر الله: المقاومة التي تنتمي الى هؤلاء الشهداء
حسين مروة - الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني
حسن حمدان "مهدي عامل" - الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني
ﺴﻬﻴل ﻁﻭﻴﻠﺔ - الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني
خليل نعوس - الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني
سليم يموت - الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني
ميشال واكد - الحزب الشيوعي اللبناني
داوود داوود - حركة أمل
محمود فقيه - حركة أمل
حسن سبيتي - حركة أمل
!ولك تفه عليك استحي بقى ، هودي انتو أتلتوون

Thumb Mystic 12 November 2019, 00:39

Not in the Army or banking sector, read what was said.

By the way, if America or Saudi have a right to have influence in anything in Lebanon, then so does Iran.

And America's influence in our banking sector is ruining Lebanon, and we should turn to the new power France and let go of this forsaken love for the West and America that benefits nothing.

Missing un520 12 November 2019, 02:12

I understand why he is keen on a flirt with China:
Dictatorship- check
Building up a huge arsenal of rockets- check
Building their economy on stealing -check

Thumb EagleDawn 12 November 2019, 13:17

The day this evil iranian sectarian terrorist is brutally and violently murdered is the day we celebrate our true independence.

Thumb EagleDawn 12 November 2019, 13:17

Great picture, he looks like an unwashed shia terrorist (Huthi), and that's closer to his true character than the religious uniform he dishonored and desecrated for decades.

As to his speech: nice cartload of BS.

Thumb ex-fpm 12 November 2019, 15:16

Nasrallah addressing Pompeo: Where is the Iranian influence in Lebanon?

I guess when the Iranians say they control 4 Arab capitals, Beirut being one of them, they mean they used their charm and there is no iranian influence.

Thumb galaxy 12 November 2019, 15:18

Nasrallah: Where is the Iranian influence in Lebanon?

Your mere shia pathetic existence is proof of Iranian influence.

Thumb farsical.resistance 12 November 2019, 19:08

Nasrallah: Claims that Lebanon is not a safe country are American lies.

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