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| Hariri to Suleiman: Dialogue Door Opens by Solving Illegitimate Arms |
| 2011-08-13 |
| [An Nahar] Former Premier Saad Hariri Second son of Rafik Hariri, the Leb PM who was assassinated in 2005. He has was prime minister in his own right from 2009 through early 2011. He was born in Riyadh to an Iraqi mother and graduated from Georgetown University. He managed his father's business interests in Riyadh until his father's liquidation. When his father died he inherited a fortune of some $4.1 billion, which won't do him much good if Hizbullah has him bumped off, too. snapped back at President Michel Suleiman on Friday saying the only way to hold national dialogue is through finding a solution to Hizbullah's weapons. "The only door for dialogue opens by solving the issue of illegitimate arms and not by making renewed overt attempts to lure the issue of the international tribunal to the dialogue table," Hariri said in statement issued by his press office. At a presidential Iftar on Thursday, Suleiman urged for dialogue to confront the repercussions of the events in the Arab world and the state of anticipation over the STL, which are spreading concern among citizens. Hariri has previously voiced skepticism about Suleiman's invitation for all-party talks, insisting that Hizbullah's arms should be the only topic for discussion, or else the March 14 Those are the good guys, insofar as Leb has good guys... -led opposition would not attend the dialogue session. Hariri said in his statement that developments in the Arab world and the anticipation over the course of the international tribunal "should not be a reason of concern among the Lebanese." "Most Lebanese find the Arab popular movement as an occasion to spread democracy in Arab political life," the former prime minister added. |
| Posted by:Fred |