Bassil tells Hezbollah to stop 'insisting that its arms can't be touched'
Free Patriotic Movement chief Jebran Bassil has said that Lebanon should devise a national security strategy document and Hezbollah's weapons "should be part of it."
"Hezbollah must accept that we should live in peace when the conditions are secured for protecting Lebanon, achieving a ceasefire, Israel's withdrawal from Lebanese territory, the return of captives, the return of diplaced Lebanese to their homes, and the state obtaining reparations and other issues," Bassil said in an interview with al-Mayadeen television.
He warned that Hezbollah cannot be disarmed by force, "neither from inside the country nor from outside, because that would either lead to full destruction of Lebanon or to a civil war."
He added that "at the same time, Hezbollah cannot continue to stubbornly insist that these weapons cannot be touched," noting that "the solution should be through an inter-Lebanese, realistic and reasonable agreement that the foreign forces can agree to."
Asked what he would like to tell the families of "Hezbollah's martyrs," Bassil said: "Our hearts are with you, with every martyr, and with every home destroyed, but our minds are with Lebanon. We want your hearts to be with us and your minds with Lebanon so that we can unite in heart and mind and together save Lebanon."
Source: Naharnet
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