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| Lebanon to Enforce Arab Syria Sanctions |
| 2011-12-01 |
| [An Nahar] Leb will enforce Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... sanctions imposed on neighboring Syria even though it did not back the punitive measures, Economy Minister Nicolas Nahhas told Agence La Belle France Presse on Wednesday. "We are committed to implementing the vaporous Arab League sanctions," Nahhas said, pointing out that the Syrian government in any case had no trade dealings with Leb. "The Lebanese state has no trade dealings or financial transactions, neither with the Syrian government nor the central bank," he said. Nahhas said the Arab League sanctions were clear in that while no transactions could take place with the Syrian government that did not apply to the private sector. He said Lebanese banks however would have no dealings with the Syrian central bank or any individuals targeted by the sanctions. Damascus ...Capital of the last overtly fascist regime in the world... has no funds deposited in the Lebanese central bank and there is therefore no need to act on the Arab League sanctions, governor Riyad Salameh said on Monday. In an unprecedented move, the pan-Arab bloc on Sunday approved a raft of sanctions against Syria to pressure Damascus to end its deadly crackdown against an eight-month revolt. The sanctions include freezing government assets, suspending cooperation with Syria's central bank and halting funding for projects in the country. Leb, whose government is dominated by the pro-Syrian Hizbullah, disassociated itself from the vote at the Arab League. Syria has long held sway in Lebanese politics and the revolt threatening the regime in Damascus has deepened the rift between Lebanese officials. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 So Lebanon will enforce the sanctions but Iraq won't? |
| Posted by: American Delight 2011-12-01 09:05 |