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Monday, October 21, 2024
Lebanese PM: ‘No contacts with Hezbollah since middle of last month’
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Caretaker Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Mikati says “there have been no contacts with Hezbollah since the middle of last month,” in an interview with the Saudi-owned Al Arabiya TV channel.
Mikati raised the ire of Iran when he accused Tehran last week of “blatant interference in Lebanese affairs and an attempt to establish an unacceptable guardianship over Lebanon,” after Iran’s speaker of parliament said the country was willing to take part in negotiations over the implementation of UN Security Council Resolution 1701.
Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman denies that charge, and says that Tehran “has never had any intention or [has initiated any] action that could be suspected of interfering in Lebanon’s internal affairs.”
The Times of Israel Community.