HEZBOLLAH DEPUTY RECEIVED IN PARIS
On July 22, 2013, all 28 European Union (EU) countries unanimously agreed to
add Hezbollah’s military wing to the EU list of terrorist
organizations. But less than three months later, Europe has opened its
doors to Hezbollah as a special guest. On Oct. 12-14, the French Foreign
Ministry received Hezbollah deputy Ali
Fayyad of the Lebanese parliament as a guest lecturer for French
diplomats, analysts and experts; he explained how Paris was wrong and
Hezbollah was right.
...According
to Hezbollah sources, the French have decided to open up to Hezbollah,
the most powerful Shiite organization in Lebanon, and are ready to start
a new phase of French and European dialogue with the party, while the
party asserts that it is adhering to all its positions and choices.
But what has changed in these three months? Hezbollah circles confirmed to Al-Monitor that
since the EU’s decision in July, it was clear to the party that the
issue was not serious and did not reflect Europe’s actual convictions.
Even before the decision was issued, three European ambassadors in
Beirut visited Hezbollah officials and informed them that they were not
personally convinced about the decision. They also noted that their
governments were not convinced about the decision that was about to be
issued. Even after the decision was issued, a record number of meetings
were held between Hezbollah officials and European diplomats in the Lebanese capital. Even the EU ambassador to Lebanon, Angelina Eichhorst,
visited Hezbollah’s international relations official Ammar Moussawi as
well as Hezbollah cabinet ministers Mohammed Fneish and Hussein Hajj
Hassan, within just one week of the decision...
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