2008-05-29

Sheikh Kassem: Doha Agreement is Big Achievement

Sheikh Kassem: Doha Agreement is Big Achievement

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29/05/2008 Hezbollah Deputy Secretary General Sheikh Naim Kassem said that the Doha Agreement was a big achievement for the sake of Lebanon, stressing it paved the way for a new stage that should be positive and put an end to a long crisis that persisted for one year and a half.

During an interview with Orbit satellite network on Wednesday, Sheikh Kassem stressed Hezbollah was ready to discuss and negotiate on the Resistance, its role as well as its arms in the framework of a national dialogue. "We already said in the national dialogue roundtable, prior to the July war, we accept such discussion through a clear defense strategy; we're ready for dialogue," he added.

His eminence stressed his party doesn't need to use its weapons in the internal front, saying that it relies on its popular support and political choices in dealing with the political conflict. "If we wanted to use our arms to change the forces' balance, we would have done so since the first days of the reign of the government that hurt us a lot, but we decided to adhere to the political management and democratic rights," he emphasized.

Sheikh Kassem said that Sunni-Shiite sedition was just delusion, stressing that the problem between the Resistance and the non-Resistance was not between Sunni and Shiite people but between a scheme the United States seeks to establish in the region and the sovereignty protectors who refuse to let such scheme pass.

Sheikh Kassem reiterated that any side that would assault the Resistance through force has to know that the latter has the right to defend itself. He also ruled out the possibility of a forthcoming Israeli war against Lebanon, stressing at the same time that Hezbollah is always in complete readiness to face all possibilities.

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