Berri says Egypt FM conveyed no threat to Lebanon
Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri denied, in remarks published Friday in ad-Diyar newspaper, that Egyptian Foreign Minister Badr Abdelatty warned Lebanon about an imminent escalation as he met with Lebanese leaders in Beirut Thursday.
"No threat was conveyed to us," Berri said, adding that the threats are coming from Israeli media and not from visiting envoys.
Local media reports had claimed that Abdelatty warned Lebanese officials of a new Israeli war on Lebanon.
"The Israelis have been threatening for weeks about a deadline (to disarm Hezbollah by the year end) but no envoy has officially warned us of an imminent war," Berri said.
The Speaker also told ad-Diyar that Amal MP Ali Hassan Khalil has learned during a visit to Tehran that there are currently no talks between Iran and the United States that could affect Lebanon.
Source: Naharnet
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