It is my Duty to Unite the Lebanese
MP Saad Hariri has said it was his duty to unite the Lebanese, adding he would resort to dialogue on issues that the country”s leaders disagree on.
"The elections led to a majority that should work to serve the Lebanese people," Hariri said in an interview with Egyptian TV on Sunday, adding it was "its duty to unite the Lebanese and provide security and safety which all Lebanese agree on."
He said he will resort to the dialogue table to solve problems that the Lebanese disagree on.
Hariri told his interviewer that voting during the June 7 polls was neither against the opposition nor for al-Mustaqbal movement. "Voting was for the interest of Lebanon, coexistence, civil peace, reforming the economy and putting arms in the army”s hands."
Asked about a possible meeting between him and Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, Hariri said: "We are talking with our allies first. And we hope there would be dialogue … With time there would be a meeting."
He said Lebanon had good ties with all Arab countries, the U.S. and European countries, adding "we seek to have good ties with Syria and Iran but (on the basis of) state-to-state relations."