Salam: We won't remain silent over any arms outside state control

Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said “the region has grown tired of Iranian-U.S. polarization,” hoping Arabs will return to Lebanon.

“We will not remain silent over any arms outside the state’s control,” Salam added, in an interview with Sky News Arabia.

“The majority of the Lebanese people stands by us and my strength comes from regaining the people’s confidence in the state and my project is the rebuilding of the state,” the premier said.

Asked about the chants that accused him of being a “Zionist” during a recent football match, Salam said he was not “provoked” by the chants, noting that “treason accusations in Lebanon have become political weapons.”

“I’m sad because a part of Lebanon is occupied and we are advocates of peace, but we want a just and sustainable peace,” the PM added.

As for the Palestinian arms in Lebanon’s refugee camps, Salam said: “What’s dangerous about the camps’ arms is that they may lead to an inter-Palestinian strife, and Palestine’s strength today does not come from arms, but rather from international recognition and diplomacy.”