Tuesday 30 March 2010

The President: We’ll Preserve Resistance; I Adopt Assad’s Stances


30/03/2010 Lebanese President Michel Sleiman stressed his adherence to the demand to consolidate the authorities of the president. In an interview with the Assafir daily, published Tuesday, Sleiman said he “will not back down.” “I will renew my demand at the appropriate time. I still want the authorities that enable the president to use the red card against violators and preserve equilibrium,” Sleiman said.

The president underlined the “need” for the resistance “to face the Israeli enemy.” He added: “We shall preserve it with our eye lashes and we need it. Our need for the resistance is still pressing and anything outside this need for the resistance is worthless.”

On Lebanon’s ties with Syria and President Bashar Assad, President Sleiman said “relations with Damascus are special and strategic.” He added that “President Assad is highly credible and his importance lies with the fact that he’s honest and does not take sides.”

The Lebanese President hailed his Syrian counterpart’s interview with Al-Manar last week as “more than positive, and I adopt all Assad’s stances.”

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