Report: Kataeb Concerned with Bassil's Stances at Vienna Talks
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
The Kataeb Party has expressed its concern over the possible positions that will be made by Foreign Minister Jebran Bassil at the Vienna international talks tackling the Syrian crisis, reported An Nahar daily on Friday.
It revealed that Kataeb Ministers Sejaan Qazzi, Ramzi Jreij, and Alain Hakim will be “attentive and wary” of any position that will be made in the name of Lebanon on the Syrian conflict.
They had informed Prime Minister Tammam Salam during talks earlier this week that “a historic and traditional Lebanese stance is needed.”
“This stance will keep it away from any axis, especially since the Vienna talks participants are divided into two axes,” they explained according to the daily.
“There are question marks surrounding the stance that will be announced by Bassil. Will it reflect Lebanon's position or that of his allies” in Hizbullah? wondered the Kataeb officials.
They warned “of missing an opportunity for Lebanon to seize control of its fate before major world powers as opposed to the past when they used to determine its fate for it.”
Meanwhile, Progressive Socialist Party chief MP Walid Jumblat has rejected any position that would not adhere to Lebanon's policy of disassociation.
This position was relayed to the premier through Agriculture Minister Akram Shehayyeb and Health Minister Wael Abou Faour.
The foreign ministers of the United States, Russia, Turkey and Saudi Arabia met in Vienna on Thursday to work through their differences on the eve of expanded talks on the war in Syria.
Friday's talks will include Lebanon, Egypt, France, the United Kingdom, Germany, Italy, representatives from the European Union and other Arab countries.
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30 October 2015, 09:43
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Tfaddalo, He's not even aligned with his government before representing it. Kell wa7ad fete7 3a 7sebo 3alanan!
Shame on every single one of you!
30 October 2015, 11:49
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aligned with government means he has to align with m14? you guys always seem to take for granted that you're the only ones entitled to having views, and everybody must conform to them.
he is the foreign minister, it his prerogative to speak on behalf of lebanon, and it's kataeb and others who should align themselves to him.
30 October 2015, 18:13
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so the lebanese position is disassociation with the conflict... remember? the policy hezbollah signed but as usual never respected.....
30 October 2015, 19:09
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_mowaten he represents the stance of the government. He doesn't make the foreign policy...This is what the constitution says. 7aky 3al faddy daymain? 3anzeh law tarreit
30 October 2015, 11:50
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grrrr... wooof...mbassil... barf barf... sheikh saaaaaaad... rrrr
30 October 2015, 16:15
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@mowaten E-X-C-E-L-L-E-N-T. Still laughing since the day you declared with a straight face you were a shiaa atheist and also a member of hezbollah with only one account. I think i will also continue to laugh at your statement "grrrr... wooof...mbassil... barf barf... sheikh saaaaaaad... rrrr ". Thank you Thank you
30 October 2015, 16:17
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I demand to know who pays you to post mowaten and for what exact purpose? Is it propaganda? Is it spamming? Is it what? I find you on every articIle from sunrise till sunset! I demand answers and Now!
30 October 2015, 10:36
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From here you can tell the position of his 3ammo the Caporal and witness once and for all the degree of treason to Syria and Iran.
30 October 2015, 16:49
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Bassil's stance should reflect the government position but since they have not met in a while, nobody knows what the stance is, so he will pretty much pick and choose what he feels should be the position. Salam should have instructed him and made the government's stance clear since he is the PM and the government's authority...but no one listens to the boss, and you wonder why he is so miserable these days!!!
30 October 2015, 17:11
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It's a joke that Lebanon has an opinion or official position! There is no President or effective Government! They can't even organise rubbish to be collected, so how can anyone take them seriously on any position? Lebanon is the laughing stock of the world! Even African countries laugh and point at Lebanon as example of how at least things are not as bad as Lebanon!
30 October 2015, 18:23
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if he really represents the official position of Lebanon then he would say that Lebanon disassociates itself with the syrian conflict...
and that still hezbollah does not obey the state as they have nothing to do with Lebanon, but work for iran....
30 October 2015, 19:34
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Who said the West is with the rebels? Lol if that were true this war would have ended four years ago. The US will not support the rebels unless there is a moderate figure who has the support of the people. No one in the exiled opposition has support because the opposition is divided. And "rebels" is a vague term. There's secular rebels then there's jihadists, who are way more powerful than the rebels
30 October 2015, 21:05
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because the US needs someone at the head of syria that like bashar would protect the golan heights and keep it calm....
