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Mr President, where to start when it comes to breaking the continuing political impasse in Lebanon? The answer is actually too simple for words, and I am convinced that the Council and the Commission are also well aware of this. In any case, my clear answer is: start with the disarmament of Hezbollah. A highly efficient, heavily armed organisation outside the legal authorities’ official means of exercising power is obstructing the normal functioning of the Lebanese state institutions and has so far also blocked a national political compromise.
Simple answers to international crises are often difficult to put into practice. This certainly also applies to the urgent disarmament of Hezbollah; after all, the spectre of renewed civil war is looming. On the other hand, Hezbollah’s continuing position of military power is guaranteeing the continuing influence in domestic affairs of its two great sponsors, Syria and the Islamic Republic of Iran. The consequence of this is obvious: the real threat of a further violent confrontation with neighbouring Israel. Besides, the connection with Tehran’s present hardline nuclear course is evident.
Council and Commission, what solution will Europe supply to this Lebanese dilemma?
Mr President, I have one further brief question. According to reports in today’s US press, a Member State, Bulgaria, is channelling profits from the drugs trade to Hezbollah. I should like the Council to tell me what the situation is. An EU Member State earning money for Hezbollah from the drugs trade – that strikes me as particularly serious."@en1
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