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| Hezbollah Žto support Hariri premiershipŽ |
| 2009-06-12 |
| [Iran Press TV Latest] The Lebanese resistance movement Hezbollah will reportedly support the nomination of Future Movement bloc leader Saad Hariri as prime minister. In a report published in its Thursday edition, the Beirut-based As Safir quoted Hezbollah circles as saying that the group "does not object to Hariri becoming prime minister." The officials also declared, according to the report, that Hezbollah had informed all those concerned that Lebanon's incumbent parliament speaker Nabih Berri is the 'natural' candidate to head the parliament. As Safir in addition hinted at the likelihood of a meeting between Hariri and Hezbollah Secretary-General Seyyed Hassan Nasrallah in the 'immediate future'. Another Lebanese newspaper, Al-Akhbar , meanwhile, divulged that preparations are underway for the 'urgent' meeting between Hariri and Nasrallah. The Al-Liwaa daily reported that a Hariri-Berri meeting is likely to take place prior to the Hariri-Nasrallah meeting. Hariri is now the man most likely to become the new prime minister of Lebanon after his pro-Western March 14 coalition won Sunday's elections. The Future Movement bloc of the 39-year-old son of slain former prime minister Rafiq Hariri gained 68 seats to the Hezbollah bloc's 57. The other three seats in the 128-member parliament went to independents. |
| Posted by:Fred |