Syrian Deployment Not Innocent
Phalange Party leader Amin Gemayel said Syrian President Basher Assad tried to give himself the right to intervene in Lebanon by saying it is similar to Georgia.
Gemayel, in a television interview, said deploying Syrian troops off Lebanon”s northern borders is "not an innocent" move.
He said the recent meetings between the various factions are not tantamount to reconciliation but rather "disengagement efforts."
"Hizbullah removed its posters from Beirut. But did not withdraw its weapons?" Gemayel asked.
"According to our information the Army still cannot go to Sujud," he said.
He said coordination among March 14 forces "should be better."
He criticized Michel Aoun”s Free Patriotic Movement for backing armed Hizbullah until the Arab-Israeli conflict is settled.
Nevertheless, "our hand would remain stretched to Aoun for dialogue," Gemayel added.
Intra-Christian reconciliation can be achieved "through Bkirki and by maintaining our concept of national sovereignty," Gemayel concluded.