British foreign ministry voices concern about Hezbollah's rearming

  • 12/15/2022
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Beirut, August 06, SPA -- Visiting Foreign Ministry official Ivan Lewis said Thursday that Britain had great concerns about the rearming of theLebanese Shiite Movement, Hezbollah, in southern Lebanon, according to Deutsche Presse Agentur dpa. "We are very, very concerned at the rearming of Hezbollah, whichwe believe to a significant extent has taken place, which is incontravention of Resolution 1701," the British official said during ashort visit to Lebanon, where he met with Lebanese senior officials. He also said Britain had made it "very clear to the Israeligovernment that (its) air incursions are a breach of Resolution1701," Lewis told reporters after meeting with his Lebanesecounterpart Fawzi Sallkouh. Salloukh denied that the Hezbollah was rearming. "The last UNreport on the implementation of 1701 says nothing on the smuggling ofarms," he said during a joint press conference with Lewis. "Hezbollah's arms are an internal Lebanese affair," Salloukhadded.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/690688

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