Marouni Urges International Community to Prevent Syrian Intervention
Minister of Tourism Elie Marouni on Tuesday urged the international community to "prevent renewed Syrian intervention in Lebanon."
Marouni also asked the international community to "exert pressure to safeguard Lebanon”s independence, sovereignty, freedom and democracy."
"We cannot understand that Syria has to deploy hundreds of tanks along the border with Lebanon (just) to block smuggling," he added.
Syria”s allies are "promoting the idea that the Syrians would return to Lebanon before the elections. Maybe they think that they will make it to parliament on Syrian horses."
Marouni said the Phalange Party, to which he belongs, supports efforts to work out intra-Christian reconciliation.