Saturday, June 13, 2009

EU's Solana holds first high-level meeting with Hezbollah


Deutsche-Welle, here
"I am happy to be in Lebanon, and I am performing an analysis of the latest developments with all the officials of your country, especially the new phase that kicked off after the elections," Solana said after meeting with Christian opposition leader Michel Aoun in Beirut on Friday....
Solana also met with Hezbollah MP Hajj Hassan which was the first such high-level contact between an EU official and Hezbollah. The Shiite group has been blacklisted as a terrorist organisation by Washington but not by the European Union...."

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