National defense strategy main issue before the national dialogue
Prime Minister Fouad Siniora told the reporters, after Friday Prayers, that the national defense strategy will be the main issue in the coming national dialogue. However, he added that what other issues will be discussed would be worked out in the dialogue’s opening sessions.
Siniora also addressed the Wednesday night assassination of Sheikh Saleh Aridi and said that Aridi had worked to help bridge the gap between PSP leader MP Walid Jumblatt and LDP leader Talal Arslan.
Siniora called for unity in Lebanon, and said the people must resist any attempt to divide them.
He said Lebanon, in contrast to many other countries in the region, respected freedom of the press.