Salam says he will not allow anyone to bypass the state, from now on
Prime Minister Nawaf Salam said the Lebanese government "is moving forward with steady steps and will not back down from any decision it takes to rescue the country from the crises it is floundering in."
In remarks published Wednesday in the Kuwaiti newspaper al-Anbaa, Salam reiterated his commitment to the Taif Accord and the ministerial statement.
"From this day forward, we will not allow anyone to bypass the state," he said. "In Lebanon, we have one state, one law, and one army. The exclusivity of weapons in the hands of legitimate forces is an irreversible path to guarantee the state’s sovereignty over all its territory," he added.
Salam voiced his support for negotiations with Israel as a gateway to a solution to end the war on Lebanon, "so that stability, security, growth, prosperity, and reconstruction may return to it."
Source: Naharnet
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