On the aid for Lebanon and the Israeli withdrawal … a remarkable statement by the Foreign Minister

Foreign Minister Youssef Raji said that there are conditions for reconstruction and aid, but they are not political, but rather national conditions, if you will, the most important of which is the application of international decisions in order to ensure peace and internal stability in Lebanon.

In an interview with the Public Security Magazine in its number 139, Raji stated that “if peace and internal stability is not achieved, the Arab and foreign investor and donor countries will not feel safe and will not provide any support and will not invest in Lebanon.” He added: “We have informed us of the countries that this new authority with the election of a president to the republic and the formation of the government has a great opportunity, and there is great confidence in Presidents Aoun and Salam, so they are betting that providing support and investment will not He goes to waste through the gates of corruption with the presence of competent officials and Adam.

And Raji stated that “the Lebanese decision is to reconsider all agreements between Lebanon and Syria, whether in terms of amending or canceling it, especially the Lebanese -Syrian Supreme Council, which must be canceled, while all that is in the interest of Lebanon will remain and everything that is unfair to Lebanon or imposed on Lebanon by force we will reconsider it.”

He also pointed out that “serious and legal speech has not yet started with Syria about these files. The state in Syria is new and the Lebanese government is two months old.”

On the situation in the south and Israel’s occupation of the five points, he said: “We are facing a state that has strong capabilities that we have no ability to confront it militarily, so we seek diplomatically and demand friends to pressure Israel to withdraw, but so far it does not respond, so what do we do more than the political and diplomatic endeavor? Full. ”

He added: “The Lebanese army is spreading in the south and is doing an excellent job, but Israel and America believe that this matter is not enough because the army is working south of the Litani River while the international community is also talking about the north of Litani and about the collection of illegal weapons and its exclusivity in the hands of the Lebanese state. Before applying the required from Lebanon for economic aid and no support for reconstruction.”