Hezbollah MP: Door of dialogue still open with Salam's govt.
MP Amin Sherri of Hezbollah’s Loyalty to Resistance bloc said his party “will deal with what the government does according to the step by step principle,” adding that Hezbollah “objected to the U.S. paper because it reflects Israel’s goals.”
“What the government is doing are rushed steps that do not immunize sovereignty and do not liberate the land. We want a serious discussion about the defense strategy and using the elements of strength,” Sherri added, in an interview on Al-Jazeera television.
“The government must immunize Lebanon’s sovereignty and the door of dialogue is still open with PM Nawaf Salam’s government,” Sherri said.
He added: “Our main battle is with the Israeli enemy, not with any other party, and the U.S. paper is surrender and submission to U.S. and Israeli dictations.”
The government had on Tuesday taken a historic decision to monopolize arms in the hands of the state before the year’s end and on Thursday it approved the objectives of U.S. envoy Tom Barrack’s paper, which focuses on the disarmament of Hezbollah and other armed groups in the country.
The ministers of Hezbollah and the Amal Movement walked out of both sessions in protest.
Source: Naharnet
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