Report: Suleiman Sends Letter of Complaint to Ahmadinejad over Hizbullah Drone
Presidents Michel Suleiman is “very upset” with Iran's behavior in and positions towards Lebanon, reported the daily al-Mustaqbal on Sunday.
It revealed that Suleiman had sent last week a letter of complaint to his Iranian counterpart Mahmoud Ahmedinejad over the Hizbullah drone that flew over Israel in October.
The letter voiced his objection to the action and the relay of the images capture by the unmanned drone to Iran without informing the president or the Lebanese government, said the daily.
“Such a step disregards the Lebanese people's commitment to their country's sovereignty,” stressed Suleiman in his letter.
Furthermore, he expressed his objection to “Iran's failure to address Lebanon on a state-to-state basis.”
The message was sent to Ahmadinejad by Iranian Energy Minister Majid Namjoo, who had visited Lebanon last week.
On a related note, Suleiman also voiced his disappointment with the recent positions issued by Iranian Parliament Speaker Ali Larijani from Lebanon.
Al-Mustaqbal said that his stances were very critical of Arab countries, which contradict the Baabda Declaration that stresses the need to keep Lebanon away from regional crises.
Larijani had paid a visit to Lebanon on Friday and Saturday where he met with his Lebanese counterpart Nabih Berri, Hizbullah chief Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah, and Palestinian factions.
Nasrallah had revealed in October that his party had sent a drone over Israel earlier that month.
The images it captured were sent to Iran.
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