KnobbyBerri
...perennial Speaker of the Lebanese parliament, head of the Amal Shiite party aligned with Hezbollah, a not very subtle sock puppet of the Medes and Persians...
, political sources told the Nidaa al-Watan newspaper, reminding of the Speaker's approval in November of the ceasefire agreement ''despite Hezbollah's objection.''
Hezbollah ''fears that Berri might take a similar step regarding the arms monopolization plan and its handover to the state through a decision issued by Cabinet, despite Hezbollah's objection to this step,'' the sources said.
Informed sources meanwhile told the daily that ''Berri's attempts to ease Hezbollah's stance have succeeded in form, but in content Hezbollah has maintained its obstinacy.''
Reports: Berri proposes Israel halt attacks for 15 days for disarmament to begin
[NAHARNET] Speaker Nabih Berri will propose to U.S. envoy Tom Barrack that Israel fully halt its attacks for 15 days after which Lebanon would begin removing what's left of Hezbollah's arms, TV networks said ahead of the two men's meeting on Tuesday.
"The meeting between Berri and Barrack was very positive and we can say that it dispelled the pessimistic atmosphere that had recently prevailed," sources told LBCI television.
Other sources meanwhile told MTV that Barrack had told officials whom he met with that the Lebanese response was incomplete.
"The Lebanese response was unified and what Barrack heard in Baabda he heard again in Ain el-Tineh," the sources said.
Sources also told MTV that "Hezbollah is still insisting not to hand over its weapons and not to have a timetable."
Speaking to reporters after the Ain el-Tineh talks, Barrack said the meeting with Berri was ''great.''
Asked by a reporter ''why wouldn't the U.S. give any guarantees to Lebanon,'' Barrack said: ''There is no problem with guarantees. We're all working through it. Everything is moving. You should all be hopeful. We're gonna get regional stability. Everything is gonna be okay.''
Barrack had met Monday and Tuesday with President Joseph Aoun, Prime Minister Nawaf Salam and a host of political, religious and financial figures.
He had said Monday that he returned to Lebanon because U.S. President Donald Trump is interested in reaching ''regional stability'' and because Lebanon is the ''center of that process.''
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