Israel “perplexed” by EU meeting with Hezbollah MP
Israel was left "perplexed" by EU foreign policy chief Javier Solana”s unprecedented meeting with an official from Lebanon”s Hezbollah, a foreign ministry spokesman said on Sunday.
"This meeting left us perplexed, and we dare hope that Mr. Solana took advantage of the occassion to press for a disarming of Hezbollah and for the end of the arms smuggling between Syria and Hezbollah," Yigal Palmor told AFP.
Israel, which considers Hezbollah a terror group along with its main ally the United States, fought a 34-day war with the Shiite militia in July-August 2006.
Solana held talks with Hezbollah MP Hussein Hajj Hassan on Saturday during a Beirut visit to reaffirm Europe”s support for Lebanon after the June 7 parliamentary polls.
"Lists of terrorist groups are not the same in every country," Solana told a news conference when asked about the US blacklist of the Shiite militant group.
"Hezbollah is a member of the Lebanese society and it is represented in the Lebanese parliament and it will bear responsibilities," he said before leaving for Egypt at the end of a two-day visit.