Assad, Abdallah to Beirut, Lebanese Officials Optimistic

Local Editor

The all-awaited visit of Saudi King Abdallah Bin Abdul Aziz, and Syrian President Bashar Assad to Lebanon represents to some, a brotherly Arab position with Lebanon, in confronting all challenges and possible repercussions on the level of "Israeli" threats, or the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL).

Lebanese Minister of State, Adnan Sayyed Husein, considered that the Arab Leaders' visit to Lebanon is of an important positive nature.

In an exclusive interview with intiqad.net correspondent, Sayyed Husein said, "The Syrian President Bashar Assad, Saudi King Abdallah, and Prince of Qatar Hamad Ben Khalifa Al Thani's visit to Lebanon, represent the restoration of trust in Lebanon".

"Syrian President Assad's visit was proposed before, during President Suleiman's visit to Syria, where President Assad, in the Syrian-Lebanese presidential summit, promised to accept President Suleiman's invitation to Lebanon", Minister of State said.

Minister Adnan added that Prince of Qatar's visit was already enrolled in a previous schedule, under the framework of supporting Lebanon's resistance, confronting any "Israeli" threat.

On the other hand, Future Parliamentary Bloc Member Ammar Houri considered the Arab Leaders' visit to Beirut as a positive step welcomed by all Lebanese.

In an interview with intiqad.net, Houri revealed that these visits are part of the Arab-Arab reconciliations which have been taking place since the latest Kuwait Summit, which had a positive reflection on Lebanon.

Everyone in Lebanon is waiting for further "permanent" positive reflections that would help the country in solving all its problems.

As an Arab country, Lebanon needs other Arab neighbors and friends to communicate with, through the same language, culture, history, and not with westerners of a whole different civilization, and culture of power.