Hezbollah’s Independent Entity Parallel to State Rejected
Lebanese Forces bloc MP Farid Habib told the Voice of Lebanon radio station of Monday that his party and the March 14 alliance are sticking to their reservations on Article 6 of the Ministerial Statement – which pertains to Hezbollah and its arms – stressing that the LF will not agree on having Hezbollah as an entity independent from the state.
Habib said that “any party having illegitimate arms becomes a militia, which should be disarmed and its weapons should be given to the state.”
He also said that Prime Minister Saad Hariri’s prospective trip to Syria will be a diplomatic visit that will tackle many issues, such as border demarcation, illegal arms smuggling across the border and Lebanese detainees in Syrian prisons.