Sfeir for One Army in One Country
Maronite Patriarch Nasrallah Sfeir said Thursday there should be no army outside state control, in an apparent reference to Hizbullah.
Sfeir made the remark to members of the syndicate of newspaper editors who visited him at his seat in suburban Bkirki, north of Beirut.
"States of the world have resistance (movements) but these are non-armed factions. The concept here contradicts common concepts in the world," Sfeir added.
"Unfortunately differences persist," Sfeir said when asked about obstacles hampering agreement on a blueprint for the new cabinet”s policy statement.
He urged the various factions to "adhere to the nation”s interests … so that the cabinet would be able to work for the interest of all the Lebanese."