“ .... Salam said that, while it isn’t clear which party will get the position of foreign minister, it won’t be a Hezbollah member and Lebanon’s approach to Security Council issues will be dictated by President Michel Suleiman and Hariri.
“It is not a government in crisis, just a delay in formation because of domestic balances in a pluralistic society, and because of regional interferences,” said Salam, a 55-year- old Harvard Law School graduate.
On Iran, Salam said Lebanon would support the International Atomic Energy Agency’s handling of the issue, while backing the Islamic Republic’s right to peaceful use of nuclear technology. He praised the U.S. resolution on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament adopted last month with President Barack Obama presiding over the Security Council.
Concerning the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Salam said Lebanon would “try to make our presence felt as a true, sincere voice for the respect of international law.”
Palestinian Authority Ambassador Riyad Mansour, noting that there are about 422,000 Palestinian refugees living in Lebanon, said the government in Beirut will be closely aligned with the Palestinian campaign for statehood. He said Lebanon brings the “additional element of really dealing” with Israel because of the refugees and their common border.
“They will not be sympathetic to Israel, but they will not take a leading role,” Hani Sabra, Middle East analyst for the Eurasia Group, a New York-based political-risk analysis firm. “Lebanese politics are so unsettled it would be difficult to see them taking a hard and fast position on a lot of issues.”
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Nawaf Salam: "Foreign policy will not be dictated by Hezbollah..."
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Sabra and or Salam have lived too long in the West and have absorbed the poison distilled by an ill willed elite toward Arabs, Muslims, or Palestinians. They are the quintessential representatives of Arab elite suffering from an acute complex of the White Man. They believe that 'moderation' will endear them to the racist West. People before them, like them were mistaken. They have not realized that they are as disposable as a used Kleenex. They are the AKE (Arab Kleenex Elite), a most disposable and biodegradable commodity.
an "elitish" comment in contradiction with As'ad's apparent sophisticated negativeness.
We will rise again... was the shout in the dark...400 years ago
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