Hariri: The Resistance has its weight in Lebanon

Local Editor, 28-11-2009

Lebanese Prime Minister Saad Hariri has reportedly expressed relief at the results achieved by the ministerial committee tasked with drafting the policy statement.

As-Safir daily on Friday quoted Hariri's visitors as stressing on the need to keep the atmosphere of consensus in the country.

Hariri also said that he would become the prime minister of all Lebanese. The Future movement leader has stressed on the importance of setting up brotherly ties between Lebanon and Syria based on historic links and common interests.

Hariri, according to his visitors, has said that the resistance is a fact that we cannot ignore and has its weight in Lebanese society.

The Lebanese prime minister also reportedly told his visitors that the latest results of the parliamentary polls showed that people renewed their trust in the resistance and the people's choice should be respected.

He rejected turning the issue of the resistance into a source of Sunni-Shiite tension. "We were in disagreement with the resistance at a certain stage but we have turned the page."

The resistance clause in the policy statement states the right of "Lebanon, its government, its people, its army and its resistance" to liberate all Lebanese territory.