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| Syria blocking political agreement: Hariri |
| 2007-03-01 |
| BRUSSELS - Lebanon’s parliamentary majority leader accused Syria on Thursday of blocking efforts to end a dangerous political deadlock in his country, as Saudi Arabia and Iran try to resolve the stalemate. On a visit to Brussels, Saad Hariri, son of the murdered former premier Rafiq Hariri, also urged the European Union to help pressure Syria to stop undermining attempts to set up a tribunal to investigate his father’s killing. “There has been efforts by Saudi Arabia and Iran to get the crisis in Lebanon resolved,” he told reporters at the European Parliament. “Saudi Arabia knows the politics of Lebanon. Iran has a role because of its involvement with Hezbollah. So hopefully there is a kind of discussion that is ongoing now in finding an end to this crisis,” he said. But Hariri added: “I believe that the main problem today is the Syrian regime who is trying to stop this agreement to happen.” Lebanon has been in turmoil since the 2005 murder of the popular prime minister, which has been widely blamed on Syria. After the killing, Damascus was forced to end the 29-year military domination of its small neighbor. But since then Lebanon has been shaken by further attacks, often blamed on Syria, a war between Israel and Hezbollah that left 1,200 dead, mostly civilians, and a Hezbollah-led opposition campaign to oust the Western-backed government. “What we are asking the EU, and others, is to tell those countries to stop interfering in the Middle East conflicts. Lebanon is way too small for them to be interested in it,” Hariri said. |
| Posted by:Steve |
| #1 no... syris interfering in lebanon? tell me it isnt so! |
| Posted by: Abu do you love 2007-03-01 23:05 |