Lebanon Opposition: Hizballah Can Keep Arms

(Reuters) Lebanon's most prominent anti-Syrian opposition leader, Walid Jumblatt, said Sunday he would not press for Hizballah to be immediately disarmed. After a surprise meeting with Hizballah head Sheikh Hassan Nasrallah, Jumblatt said, "The arms issue is not proposed, it is not open to discussion at this stage." "When our ambitions are met, in agreement with the resistance, over Shebaa Farms, then we will talk about arms," he said.


2005-03-28 00:00:00

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