BEIRUT: President Michel Sleiman is expected to resume National Dialogue sessions at the end of month to continue discussions on the remaining items of the agenda, particularly the national defense strategy, Information Minister Ramzi Joreige said Tuesday.
“The president will call for a National Dialogue session before he travels to Kuwait and will convene the session following his arrival at the end of the month,” Joreige told The Daily Star.
The last Dialogue session was held on Nov. 12 in 2012 when Sleiman proposed a national defense strategy that would allow Hezbollah to keep its arms but place them under the command of the Lebanese Army which would have exclusive authority to use force.
The arms of the resistance would be used by the state until the Army can take over all defense responsibilities.
In 2012, the government approved a five-year plan worth $4.4 billion to provide the Army with weapons.
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