Berri: Resistance 'Last Barrier' to Plans for Naturalization
20/06/2009 Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Saturday that Lebanon's resistance was the "last barrier" to Israel's plans to naturalize Palestinian refugees.
Speaking to Kuwaiti daily al-Dar, Berri also called for bolstering "Arab unity and solidarity in the face of Israel's schemes to shatter and break up" the region.
The Lebanese speaker said the policy speech made by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu "showed that resistance was the Arab's only choice."
"Arab objection is the first and foremost course of action" against Israel's attempts to force the Palestinians to give up their right to return to their homeland while "the resistance in Lebanon is the last barrier to those plans," he said.
Berri also denied "discussing with US Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison anything to do with his candidacy for speaker, after majority leaderships called for conditions and guarantees in return for his reelection." He said he has taken "a definitive position against such interferences and only agreed to meet Sison after receiving clarifications" on the visit's intent.
Berri reaffirmed his adherence to national "consensus regardless of the number of seats and shares." He stressed the need for "a climate that allows genuine cooperation."
In a separate interview with the pan-Arab daily as-Sharq al-Awsat, he voiced hope for a solution tailored inside Lebanon. "In case of hurdles, then a return to a Syrian-Saudi (base) is inevitable. The Syrians must then work with the Saudis on interfering in order to put things back on track once again. The Syrian-Saudi agreement was and still is key to positive (developments) in Lebanon when harmony and understanding are reached," he said.
Berri downplayed "conditions" demanded by some March 14 leaders for his reelection. He also called for "the language of dialogue" to prevail in the country.
20/06/2009 Lebanon's Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri said Saturday that Lebanon's resistance was the "last barrier" to Israel's plans to naturalize Palestinian refugees.
Speaking to Kuwaiti daily al-Dar, Berri also called for bolstering "Arab unity and solidarity in the face of Israel's schemes to shatter and break up" the region.
The Lebanese speaker said the policy speech made by Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu "showed that resistance was the Arab's only choice."
"Arab objection is the first and foremost course of action" against Israel's attempts to force the Palestinians to give up their right to return to their homeland while "the resistance in Lebanon is the last barrier to those plans," he said.
Berri also denied "discussing with US Ambassador to Lebanon Michele Sison anything to do with his candidacy for speaker, after majority leaderships called for conditions and guarantees in return for his reelection." He said he has taken "a definitive position against such interferences and only agreed to meet Sison after receiving clarifications" on the visit's intent.
Berri reaffirmed his adherence to national "consensus regardless of the number of seats and shares." He stressed the need for "a climate that allows genuine cooperation."
In a separate interview with the pan-Arab daily as-Sharq al-Awsat, he voiced hope for a solution tailored inside Lebanon. "In case of hurdles, then a return to a Syrian-Saudi (base) is inevitable. The Syrians must then work with the Saudis on interfering in order to put things back on track once again. The Syrian-Saudi agreement was and still is key to positive (developments) in Lebanon when harmony and understanding are reached," he said.
Berri downplayed "conditions" demanded by some March 14 leaders for his reelection. He also called for "the language of dialogue" to prevail in the country.
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