Polish Lawmaker Defends Receiving Medal from Hezbollah Official

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A Polish right-wing lawmaker defended his meeting in Lebanon with officials from Hezbollah, who gave him a medal.

Pawe? Skutecki of the anti-establishment Kukiz'15 party met on Monday with MP Mohammad Raad, the head of the parliamentary faction representing Hezbollah's Loyalty to the Resistance bloc in the Lebanese lower house.

Dismissing critics who said Hezbollah was a so-called terrorist group with an anti-Semitic agenda, Skutecki said of Raad, "He is a respected lawmaker, head of the Hezbollah group, with whom the world's most important leaders meet." Skutecki said the critics were "puppets of puppets operated by puppeteers."

On Facebook, Skutecki described his meeting with Raad and other Hezbollah officials as "extremely positive" and an opportunity to "confront myths with reality." The exchange featured "a lot of concrete declarations, a lot of good chemistry."

The post included a photo of three men and of Skutecki standing next to Raad, who is holding a medal before giving it to Skutecki.

Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team