BEIRUT: Lebanese Forces leader Samir Geagea Wednesday agreed with Hezbollah chief Sayyed Hasan Nasrallah that Lebanon should develop a national strategy to fight terrorism, but stressed that the power of decision-making must be in the hands of the government.
"Nasrallah called for the establishment of a national strategy to counter terrorism, but it must include all parties and the [final] decision should be in the hands of the state,” Geagea told a news conference.
“This strategy should not mean that Hezbollah will take a decision and then all the Lebanese bear the consequences,” he added.
“Therefore, we hope to reach a national strategy that does not put us in another place."
Geagea said he agrees with Nasrallah that “terrorism” and “Israel” are Lebanon’s enemy, “but we disagree on who takes the decision to confront Israel, where? and how?”
Geagea also said preliminary talks between representatives of the Lebanese Forces and Michel Aoun’s Free Patriotic Movement have come a long way.
“There is progress, but we are still looking into the presidential issue and other issues, too,” he said. “We are now preparing the basic principles.”
"We are working to overcome all the obstacles that some are trying to create,” Geagea added. “And we will exert every effort to make this dialogue a success, but so far we have not reached a clear vision on the presidential election.”
Lebanon has been without a president since Michel Sleiman’s term ended in May with lawmakers failing to elect a successor over lack of consensus.
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