Bassil Warns World of 'Hundreds of Thousands of Lebanese, Syrian, Palestinian Refugees'

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Caretaker Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil on Tuesday warned the international community, especially European countries, that “hundreds of thousands of Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians” might flee to Europe should Lebanon turn into another “Syria.”

Speaking at an international conference for refugees at the U.N. headquarters in Geneva, Bassil urged the world to stand by Lebanon and “prevent its collapse.”

“Do not allow the economic wars to aggravate its plight, which might push its people and guests to jump on the first boat in search of a new land in your countries, in which they would find their needs and dignity,” Bassil warned.

Cautioning that the refugees in Lebanon might turn into “fuel for the war of others on our soil,” the foreign minister said “plots” against Lebanon might push “hundreds of thousands of Lebanese, Syrians and Palestinians” to flee the country.

“The situation is not good and what happened in Syria might be repeated in our country,” Bassil warned.

SourceNaharnet
Comments 3
Missing cedaris 17 December 2019, 20:15

What an embarassment this guy is. The faster we are rid of this buffoon the better.

Thumb lebnanfirst 18 December 2019, 01:52

One can't but lament that this guy appears to have singlehandedly caused Lebanon and the Lebanese reputation to plummet below earth level World Wide.

Not just in the West, consider if when a Chinese, Russian, Brazilian or even an Iranian sees and listens to him they likely perceive a lackey, alas :(

We used to have politicians of stature, dignity and patriotism from ALL walks and religions in Lebanon. It would be heartwarming to see the likes of them emerge from this revolt to bring us back from the bring, restore our dignity and relegate the lackeys to the dustbin of history.

As our saying goes: Tinzakar ma tin3ad

Missing lebonknees4peace 18 December 2019, 05:20

This guy needs to go...his only in a caretaker capacity, the world doesn't care what you have to say!