Raad: Government should refuse resolution 1680 not applauding it, as some minor amateurs are doing

Source: Al Manar, 22-5-2006
The head of the Loyalty to the Resistance parliamentary bloc demanded the government refuse UN resolution 1680, instead of applauding it, as some "minor amateurs" are doing. During a celebration for the Resistance and Liberation holiday, Raad asked the government, how it would deal with a UN Security Council resolution that encourages Lebanon to have peace with "Israel".
Raad said "Why are ties with Syria strained? Because some wanted to decrease the level of enmity towards "Israel", so they embodied Syria as the new enemy. "Israel" is not the enemy now, but Syria is. And in this atmosphere, positions and statements are made and tension mounts in the country. Every time we make a step forward, and we agree at the round table to settle relations with Syria, the February 14 team seeks to disturb the atmosphere and drive in the element of foreign interference, so as not to fix ties. We frankly and clearly accuse the February 14 powers of straining ties between Lebanon and Syria."
For his part, Lebanese MP Ali Hasan Khalil responded to allegations that UN resolution 1680 was founded on the results of the Lebanese National Dialogue. Khalil added that some are pretending to have forgotten who was behind this resolution, and reminded that the conferees at the negotiating table have also agreed to demand "Israel" withdraw from the occupied Shibaa Farms and confirmed Lebanon`s right to resist until its occupied lands and detainees are liberated.