Iran Is the Only Powerful Regional Country
Head of the Change and Reform bloc MP Michel Aoun told Al-Akhbar newspaper on Saturday that Iran was the only powerful regional country.
He said that he will visit Iran on Sunday for one week after several invitations, and will meet with Iranian President Mahmud Ahmadinejad, Foreign Minister Manuchehr Mottaki and many Iranian officials to explain the situation in Lebanon.
He added that Lebanon needed to forge a friendship with Iran and all main countries in the Middle East.
He praised the role Iran carried out in supporting the bloc when it rejected the permanent Palestinians settlement in Lebanon and called for their right to return to their home land, in addition to the aid offered after the July War.
Aoun said that the bloc’s ministers will raise the issue of the bribery in relation to parliamentary elections in 2009; especially the practice of tempting emigrants by paying their trip fees.