Mansour, Fatfat Exchange Conspiracy Accusations in Verbal Spat

Caretaker Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour and al-Mustaqbal MP Ahmed Fatfat engaged on Tuesday in a war of words a day after the lawmaker said in a statement that the “Lebanese state doesn't have a Foreign Minister but a conspirator.”

Mansour said in a statement issued by his press office that Fatfat's statement is part of a campaign that is “personally targeting” him, which will only “make him hold stronger onto the national and principles to confront hypocrites.”

“His statement show the crumbling morals... And reveal all the conspiracy and treason characteristics,” the caretaker FM said.

Fatfat later replied to Mansour's statement, saying: “I refuse to comment on the so-called Foreign Minister's statement as it includes a lot of hypocrite and false rumors.”

“The history of MP Fatfat honors those who are small and who support them,” the statement said.

On Monday, Fatfat told LBCI that Mansour is a staunch supporter of Syrian President Bashar Assad's regime and its spokesman in Lebanon, who only justifies Hizbullah's actions in the neighboring country.

He considered him a “conspirator for the Assad regime.”

Although Lebanon has officially adopted a position of neutrality in Syria's war, its people are sharply divided with Hizbullah and its allies backing President Bashar Assad's regime and the March 14 coalition supports the rebellion.

Syria's civil war has exacerbated sectarian tensions in Lebanon and its security situation has deteriorated due to various groups intervention in battles in the neighboring country.