Lebanese, Arab, International Issues All at Stake

April 30, 2008

Amr Moussa, secretary general of the Arab League, interview with Asharq Al-Awsat, April 15, 2008:

“There is more than one obstacle. If there was only one, we would have broken it. Firstly, I compared the situation in Lebanon to a four-story building: A Lebanese story where the Lebanese live, an Arab story, a regional one, and an international story. There is a lift going up and down between them and there is chaos. Hence, there is a four-angled Lebanese problem and all must be brought together to solve the problem. If three meet but not the fourth, then the problem will remain, whether we ignore the international stand without paying attention to it, leave the regional stand without trying to know about it, let the Arab stand remain divided over Lebanon, or leave the Lebanese leaders without bringing them together. The situation in Lebanon is complicated, this is true, but we can bring it together and understand it in this way.”



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