BEIRUT: Lebanon will reconsider its decision to join the U.S.-led coalition against ISIS in the light of the outcome of Wednesday’s coalition meeting, according to Prime Minister Tammam Salam.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry Wednesday hosts the first high-level meeting of the 60-member coalition in Brussels in an effort to crush ISIS in Iraq and in Syria.
“Foreign Minister Gebran Bassil will examine outcomes of the Brussels meeting in order to take a decision [whether] to participate [or not],” Salam said in remarks published Wednesday by local daily An-Nahar.
Salam, nevertheless, acknowledged that Lebanon’s military capabilities were limited.
"Lebanon, which participated in the launch of the coalition in Jeddah, was clear in its position that its military power is limited and therefore cannot join [the coalition] at this level," Salam said before winding up his two-day official visit to Belgium.
He said the new administration of the European Union “is currently focusing its efforts on finding a solution to the crisis in the region through an end to the Syrian war.”
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