Berri urges dialogue, rules out civil strife

Parliament Speaker Nabih Berri has called for a “dialogue” on the government’s decision to monopolize arms in the hands of the state, rejecting the manner in which Cabinet took its latest decisions on Hezbollah’s disarmament.

In an interview with Al-Arabiya television, Berri reassured that there will be no “civil war” or “any threat to civil peace.”

“I will hear from U.S. envoy Tom Barrack his vision for how to disarm Hezbollah and I don’t have anything to propose to the U.S. envoy,” the Speaker added.

Stressing that no decision on Hezbollah can be implemented as long as Israel continues to reject to honor its commitments, Berri lamented that Hezbollah has not fired a bullet since the ceasefire while Israel is continuing its strikes.