Five Western Countries Back Lebanon’s State Monopoly on Arms, Urge MPs and Parties to Follow Suit
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Five western countries back Lebanon’s state monopoly on arms, urge MPs and parties to follow suit
BEIRUT: The embassies of the US, UK, Australia, Canada and Japan on Thursday called on Lebanon’s political parties and lawmakers to publicly support the state’s exclusive authority over weapons and decisions on war and peace, amid growing tensions over an investigation into explosives belonging to Hezbollah. In a joint statement published by the US Embassy in Beirut, the five countries reaffirmed their backing for the Lebanese government’s effor…
The Embassies of the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Canada and Japan have confirmed their support to the Lebanese Government in ensuring that arms are exclusively in the hands of the State and that they are the sole decision-makers in matters of war and peace.
The statement issued by the friends of Lebanon and the United States Embassy in Beirut revealed its contents as a wake-up call to the drowned Beirut in excessive analyses of the reversals of the results of the mid-American elections, as well as the concussion of the Israeli Knesset elections on Lebanese reality and in measuring the impact on diplomatic and military pressures related to the weapon file of the Hezbollah and its possible re-involve…
Five countries, the United States of America, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and Japan, have renewed their support to the Lebanese government in its endeavours to ensure that the arms are in the hands of the state, emphasizing that the decision of war and peace must be in the hands of official institutions. They have also entered the line of the Dahir Al-Beder explosives case, calling for a speedy and independent judicial path away from …
The articles published by Libnanews, the citizen media of Lebanon Five embassies reaffirm their support for the state monopoly of arms in Lebanon and for the state's exclusive power to decide on war and peace. In a joint statement dated 5 November, the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada and Japan call for a public engagement of the deputies and the parties. Regarding Dahr el-Baidar, they encourage a speedy, independent and non-…
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