Aoun: Lebanon's keenness on relations with the Gulf must be reciprocal
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Member of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc, MP Hassan Fadlallah, says that the Resistance's patriotism does not require testimony from anyone.
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Aoun giving a speech at the Presidential Palace in Baabda, December 27, 2021 (AFP)
Lebanese President Michel Aoun announced that Lebanon is keen on its Arab and international relations, especially with the Gulf states, led by Saudi Arabia.
In a tweet on Tuesday, Aoun expressed that the concern for relations must be reciprocal because it is in the interest of Lebanon and the Gulf States.
الرئيس عون: حريصون على علاقات لبنان العربية والدولية لاسيما مع دول الخليج وفي مقدمتها السعودية، وهذا الحرص يجب ان يكون متبادلاً لأنه من مصلحة لبنان ودول الخليج على حد سواء
— Lebanese Presidency (@LBpresidency) January 4, 2022
Fadlallah: We were expecting PM Mikati to rise up for his country's dignity
In the same context, a member of the Loyalty to the Resistance Bloc MP Hassan Fadlallah commented on what the Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati said, by saying that they were expecting PM Mikati to rise up for his country's dignity in the face of the repeated Saudi abuses.
Fadlallah stressed that Saudi Arabia's recent accusations against a huge portion of the Lebanese people, accusing them of terrorism, are a major affront to the sanctities of all the Lebanese, particularly the blood of their victims and the sacrifices of their resistance fighters against in the Zionist enemy.
In a statement on Tuesday, Fadlallah said that despite the concessions made, Mikati did not receive a single call from the Kingdom's Ambassador, contrary to customs.
The Lebanese Prime Minister, Najib Mikati, considered that what Hezbollah Secretary-General Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said regarding the Kingdom does not represent the position of the Lebanese government and the broader segment of the Lebanese people. He added that it was "not in Lebanon's interest to offend any Arab country, especially the Gulf states."
Saudi Arabia; an accomplice to the universal war on the region: Sayyed Nasrallah
In a speech yesterday, Sayyed Nasrallah touched on the Saudi role in the region saying "We neither violated nor attacked Saudi Arabia. It was an accomplice to the universal war on the region, and we had the honor to combat the organizations brought upon the region by Saudi Arabia."
He also responded to the latest statements by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, in which he described Hezbollah as "terrorist", by saying, "The terrorists are the ones who sent thousands of Saudi Takfiris to Syria and Iraq."
"The terrorists are the ones holding thousands of Lebanese people hostage in the Gulf and making threats against Lebanon on a daily basis," he declared while noting that no resignation of any Lebanese Minister would change the Saudi stance, for its problem is with those who thwarted its project for the region."
