Syria Wants Ties with Entire Lebanon, Not Individuals
Syrian Deputy Foreign Minister Faysal Miqdad stressed that Syria wants ties with entire Lebanon, not just with individuals.
Syria "does not want to personalize relationships … we want these ties to be established with entire Lebanon," Miqdad said in remarks published by the daily As Safir on Monday.
He said it was "normal" for Free Patriotic Movement leader Gen. Michel Aoun to "be in Syria and so should our entire Lebanese brethren."
"In return, it is normal for the Syrian people and Syrian officials to be across Lebanon," Lebanon added.
On the issue of missing Lebanese in Syrian jails, Miqdad said that Damascus "will not leave one stone unturned in order to clarify everything related to the so-called missing Lebanese."
He suggested that Lebanese authorities and former warlords in Lebanon exert every effort to reveal information about those missing, "the majority of which perished during the civil war."