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Lebanon will not ‘hand over’ Hezbollah weapons: Foreign minister

Lebanese foreign minister Abdallah Bou Habib said implementing resolution 1559, which would require Hezbollah's disarmament, 'will take time' [File: Evgenia Novozhenina/Reuters]

Lebanon will not “hand over” Hezbollah’s weapons, the country’s foreign minister said ahead of a meeting with his Gulf Arab counterparts to mend ties.

Saudi Arabia and its allies suspended diplomatic ties with Lebanon after the airing of comments by the then Information Minister George Kordahi who criticised the Riyadh-led military intervention in Yemen. Kordahi, an ally of Hezbollah, resigned in December.

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