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Lebanese Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil said that "the international policy that encourages Syrians to remain in Lebanon and raises hell whenever a small group returns to Syria" was an "international conspiracy." Speaking on Mayadeen TV on April 29, he said that "they want to target any country in the region that may have the power, the army, the people, and the society to confront Israel."
Following is a transcript:
Gebran Bassil: Haven’t we had enough of Lebanese who prefer foreign interests to our own? Haven’t we had enough of Lebanese who disparage their identity this way? What country in the world has performed the humanitarian feat that Lebanon has? We always see Lebanese who prefer the Palestinian cause over the cause of Lebanon, the Syrian cause over the cause of Lebanon, the cause of some Gulf state or of America over that of Lebanon… Why do we always leave Lebanon to the end? What is this?
Today, there are Syrians who can return to Syria with honor. Ninety percent of Syria has become safe. What is the meaning of the international policy that encourages Syrians to remain in Lebanon, and raises hell whenever a small group returns to Syria? What is this international conspiracy…
Hostess: Does this policy target Lebanon or Syria?
Gebran Bassil: It targets both. Lebanon is not spared. They want to target any country in the region that may have the power, the army, the people, and the society to confront Israel. They want to crumble us into tribes, sects, cantons, and small pieces, until nothing is left. Isn’t the conspiracy clear? They weaken and dismantle one country after another.
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