Gemayel Slams Raad over Baabda Declaration Remarks
Phlanage Party MP Sami Gemayel criticized on Thursday Hizbullah MP Mohammed Raad's statements regarding the Baabda Declaration.
“Those who signed the Baabda Declaration then describe it merely as ink on paper consider that the Lebanese who are dying in Syria are only ink on paper,” Gemayel said in a tweet.
In June 2012, a national dialogue session approved the Baabda Declaration that demands that Lebanon disassociate itself from regional conflicts.
On Wednesday, Raad considered that the Baabda Declaration “was born dead,” accusing political factions in the country of “hindering the commitment to national agreements.”
“The Baabda Declaration, for example, was born dead because our political foes used their weapons and ports to transport arms to meddle in regional affairs,” he said.
Raad pointed out that "all what is left from the Baabda Declaration is ink on paper.”
Although Lebanon is officially neutral in Syria's war, it is split over the revolt against President Bashar Assad.
Hizbullah has openly sent fighters to battle alongside the Syrian regime against rebels trying to overthrow Assad.
But many Sunnis back the Sunni-led Syrian opposition.
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