Mansour Heads to Cairo: We Will Take Position that Supports Syria
إقرأ هذا الخبر بالعربية
Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour stated on Sunday that Lebanon will not take a position that would harm Syria’s security and stability during the Arab foreign ministers’ meetings scheduled to take place in Cairo later on Sunday.
He added: “Lebanon will take a stand that supports Syria and its efforts to implement reform.”
The minister made his statements from the airport ahead of traveling to Egypt to take part in the conference.
“We hope Arab consensus would be reached over Syria and the region’s higher interests,” Mansour stressed.
In August, Lebanon disavowed itself from a U.N. Security Council statement condemning Syria's crackdown on opposition protests and calling for those responsible to be held "accountable."
Mansour had stated that Lebanon can’t support any resolution that condemns the Syrian regime at the Security Council.
The Arab foreign ministers will meet in Cairo to discuss Syrian President Bashar Assad's crackdown on protests at the request of the Gulf Cooperation Council.
The oil-rich Gulf states in the council had called for the emergency Arab meeting to address the mounting bloodshed in Syria as Damascus shows no let-up in its deadly crackdown on protests.
Arab foreign ministers already met in Cairo on September 13 and called on the Syrian authorities to "immediately stop the bloodshed," drawing a testy response from Damascus.
Arab League chief Nabil al-Arabi had met Assad three days earlier and presented him with a 13-point document outlining Arab proposals for reform.
16 October 2011, 11:49
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more Lebanese will be thrown out of the GCC due to these policies, thus more people will be enpovrished.
YOU DO NOT SPEAK IN OUR NAME! STOP THIS BS..........
16 October 2011, 12:18
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I am a resident in the UAE, for the past six years, and it has now become a fact that Abu Dhabi is not giving new residence visas toany Lebanese who are coming now to the country same for Sharjah and other emirates as well.
Only Dubai is giving very few visas and under special occasions.
Is this what we want?
16 October 2011, 12:30
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For once i agree with march 8 guys.
Why do we want to stop what is going on there?
Anyone?any reason?
16 October 2011, 16:35
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Here's a list of these clowns' top actions:
1. Illegal war in Iraq: COLLABORATION
2. Revolution in Tunisia: NOTHING
3. Revolution in Egypt: SILENCE
4. Revolution in Yemen: NO ACTION
5. Revolution in Bahrain: WHERE IS BAHRAIN AGAIN?
6. Revolution in Saudi Arabia: WHERE IS SAUDI ARABIA AGAIN?
7. Revolution in Libya: WE FINALLY GOT HIM!
8. Revolution in Syria: DOWN WITH ASSAD. DOWN WITH ASSAD. DOWN WITH ASSAD.
Thank you. We love you.
16 October 2011, 17:02
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What this puppet says does not reflect the will of the Lebanese people but rather the views and will of a Shiite party to whom he belongs. It is a shame our foreign policy is dictated by people like Nabih Berri and Nassrallah!
16 October 2011, 17:23
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formidilosus , only starving lebanese go and work in uncivilised countries like the hypocrites UAE . Respectable Lebanese dont go there anymore , only people like them are still there . Their spring is on the way inchallah . It wont be an arab spring , it will be a shiia one .
16 October 2011, 17:57
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Yes, support Syria. Be on the wrong side of the world. And there will be consequences.
16 October 2011, 18:54
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Here's a list of these clowns' top actions:
1. Illegal war in Iraq: COLLABORATION
2. Revolution in Tunisia: NOTHING
3. Revolution in Egypt: SILENCE
4. Revolution in Yemen: NO ACTION
5. Revolution in Bahrain: WHERE IS BAHRAIN AGAIN?
6. Revolution in Saudi Arabia: WHERE IS SAUDI ARABIA AGAIN?
7. Revolution in Libya: WE FINALLY GOT HIM!
8. Revolution in Syria: DOWN WITH ASSAD. DOWN WITH ASSAD. DOWN WITH ASSAD.
Thank you. We love you
16 October 2011, 19:11
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I support the magnificent Syrian regime like I always did for thirty years , it always stood with Lebanon against the sioniste enemy and the western impérialiste's conspiracies .
16 October 2011, 19:12
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i wonder where he will be when asaad disappears! who will be his friend!
16 October 2011, 20:25
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the filthy zionist information war department is furios because lebanon won't obbey to their masters orders (usa of course) and now is spilling their sliming fury on an nahar comments section
16 October 2011, 21:15
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How many times the Syrian Foreign Minister went to Arab League meetings to defend Lebanon against the Zionist oppression in the South and all over Lebanon? Zero times (i.e. Quiet Golan Hights for 30 yrs?) It's only happening on our soil in/from Lebanon.
How Many times the Syrian Foreign Minister defended the sovereignty of Lebanon versus always undermining our Country and ensuring Syria's control over the situation in Lebanon based on force and threat (Telephone calls from Moukhabarat to all the politicians in Lebanon.
How many times Assad small and big visited Lebanon for 30 yrs to at least recognize it as a Country?
The ONE WAY regime and this reform B.S means nothing and it's a cover up before assassinating and eliminating ALL opposition leaders (i.e. Lebanon: Mouawad, Murr, Harriri, Tueni, Hawi, kassir, Eid and so on. Syria:Khadam in exil, head of Syrian intelligence in Lebanon shot himself? and etc..). I do see reform in this picture:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpYD2Mw8SP4
16 October 2011, 21:22
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Bummer, that's the end of the most excellent video clips praising the emir of Qatar for rebuilding the southern towns destroyed by hassin's divine stupidity and his Zionist friends that the filthy Zionist infested Iranian terrorists so called Islamic resistance in Lebanon's and assteez Nabih Berri's Network used to broadcast all day long, I sure miss them. They were very catchy, the darn thing use to get stuck in my head and I found myself humming it at all times like it was the Les Miserables song and I'm George Costanza, has that ever happened to you.
17 October 2011, 07:34
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@ jabal Amal - I gave u thumbs up cos that was the funniest comment ! Keep them coming
17 October 2011, 12:17
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no matter how much the filthy zionist information war department is trying to flood an nahar comments section with their propaganda, the objective observers like "new_guy" always see the truth
