Abdel Menhem Ariss Denies Inviting Haifa Municipality Chief to Conference on Water
Beirut Municipality head Abdel Menhem Ariss denied Friday he has invited Haifa municipality chief to attend a conference on water in the French city of Leon.
Ariss told Hizbullah”s al-Manar TV that the report, which was carried by the Israeli newspaper Yedioth Aharonoth is "baseless."
He reiterated the position of the Lebanese government which stresses that Lebanon will not negotiate with Israel and that it will be the last Arab country to sign a deal with the Jewish state.
Aharonoth claimed that the head of Haifa municipality was "touched" by the invitation from his Lebanese counterpart, Ariss, and responded that he would be happy to attend the conference.