Aoun Hezbollah alliance shakes Lebanon politics [View All]

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A week old, but I've not seen it anywhere for some reason.

BEIRUT - Lebanese General Michel Aoun, a prominent anti-Syrian Christian figure, and the head of the pro-Syrian Shiite movement Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, said Monday they had reached agreement on several thorny issues.

"The fate of Hezbollah's arms should be examined within the framework of a national dialogue and a round table," Sheikh Nasrallah said at a joint press conference after the reading of a "document of understanding" between the two men.

Aoun had previously been a firm advocate of the disarmament of Hezbollah's militia in line with the US- and French-sponsored UN Security Council resolution 1559 which was adopted in 2004.

Nasrallah, whose movement is part of the government, and Aoun who is in the opposition ranks held their first ever meeting, under tight security, at the offices of a church in Shyah, a district on the southern outskirts of Beirut.

Middle East Online