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Syria-Lebanon
Hizbullah ‘not dependent on any foreign force’
2003-05-15
Hezbollah is a Lebanese reality, and it doesn’t receive instructions from any country, Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said during his press conference at the Phoenicia Inter-Continental Hotel Wednesday. “Hizbullah is not receiving instructions from any country and it does not depend on any foreign force,” Khatami said, adding that Iran also enjoys good relations with Syria and Lebanon, but “that doesn’t mean the three countries interfere in each other’s internal affairs.”

“What we have is solidarity, and unity on some principles and points,” he said. “Hizbullah is a reality in Lebanon, and is part of its forces of defense. I am sure the people of Lebanon support this defense, and of course we are not going to interfere in the internal affairs of any country,” he said again. The Iranian president spoke extensively on the achievements of Hizbullah, which he said was capable of forcing Israel to withdraw from occupied land. He also said he believes the resistance will continue because “whenever there is an occupation, there also is a natural right to fight against it and to develop a national resistance. Fortunately, Lebanon has been successful in driving the enemy out of its territory,” he said.

“There are still parts under the occupation of the Zionist regime, and as long as the occupation is there, the resistance will continue,” he added. Answering a question on the “good timing for disarming Hizbullah from its Iranian weapons,” Khatami evasively said Hizbullah is strong and doesn’t need arms.
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