Hizbullah Cell Will Pay the Price
Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit on Sunday said that a suspected Hizbullah cell will” "pay the price" for the party”s violation of Egypt”s sovereignty.
"There is no way to overcome the Hizbullah issue. Egypt has a problem with this party and its leadership," he said.
"It is unacceptable for one side to believe that its own vision of how to help the Palestinians gives it the right to act at the expense of another country”s sovereignty… This is completely intolerable," he added.
"It was a sad day in Egypt when (Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan) Nasrallah reacted to the discovery of the cell by saying “why not?”"
"I tell him: you have crossed the line. Not only the red lines, but also any kind of respect for the state of Egypt and this cell will pay the price.
"When the judiciary addresses the matter, then we will uncover the size of the plot to harm Egypt by a force bigger than Hizbullah," he said.
On the Lebanese polls, the foreign minister refused to say whether there were "any guarantees" that political forces will accept the outcome of the June 7 elections.
He expressed confidence in the Lebanese public”s "wisdom and ability to reject external interference, hegemony and control."
"This (wisdom) ensures that June 8 will reflect the ongoing consensus among the Lebanese," he said.
Abul Gheit cautioned that statements dubbing the results as "a victory of an ideology over the other only served to influence the Lebanese public opinion and the outcome of the elections."
He reiterated Egypt”s call for an end to "interferences in Lebanese domestic affairs" pointing to the absence of an Egyptian position "favoring one team over the other."